Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present

Please note that while summaries of the journal articles listed below are fairly universally accessible by members of the public, full text access often (though not always) requires a fee and/or account.

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Last updated: November 14, 2023

Found 594 results
2017
Kao WA, Pětrošová H, Ebady R, Lithgow KV, Rojas P, Zhang Y, Kim YE, Kim YR, Odisho T, Gupta N, Moter A, Cameron CE, and Moriarty TJ, “Identification of Tp0751 (Pallilysin) as a Treponema pallidum Vascular Adhesin by Heterologous Expression in the Lyme disease Spirochete.”, Sci Rep, vol. 7, 2017.
Clow KM, Ogden NH, Lindsay LR, Michel P, Pearl DL, and Jardine CM, “The influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the invasion of Ixodes scapularis in Ontario, Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis., vol. S1877-959X, no. 17, 2017.
Jin S, Wang T, Li T, Liu M, Jia Q, Yang X, Wang H, Yu Z, and Lu J, “Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions.”, Korean J Parasitol, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 193-196, 2017.
Andre A, Mouton A, Millien V, and Michaux P, “Liver microbiome of Peromyscus leucopus, a key reservoir host species for emerging infectious diseases in North America”, Infect Genet Evol., vol. 52, pp. 10-18, 2017.
Scott JD, Clark KL, Anderson JF, Foley JE, Young MR, and Durden LA, “Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Detected in Multiple Tick Species at Kenora, Ontario, Canada”, J. Bacteriol Parasitol, vol. 8, no. 1, 2017.
Kilpatrick AM, Dobson ADM, Levi T, Salkeld DJ, Swei A, Ginsberg HS, Kjemtrup A, Padgett KA, Jensen PM, Fish D, Ogden NH, and Diuk-Wasser MA, “Lyme disease ecology in a changing world: consensus, uncertainty and critical gaps for improving control”, Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, vol. 372, no. 1722, 2017.
Vien VP, Bassi R, Maxim T, and Bogoch II, “Lyme disease vs Baggio-Yoshinari syndrome in a returned traveller from Brazil”, J Travel Med, vol. 24, no. 5, 2017.
Clow KM, Weese JS, Rousseau J, and Jardine CM, “Microbiota of field-collected Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis from eastern and southern Ontario, Canada”, Ticks Tick Borne Dis., vol. S1877-959X, no. 17, 2017.
Lou Y and Wu J, “Modeling Lyme disease transmission”, Infect Dis Model, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 229-243, 2017.
Levy S, “Northern Trek: The Spread of Ixodes scapularis into Canada”, Environ Health Perspect., vol. 125, no. 7, 2017.
Clow KM, Leighton PA, Ogden NH, Lindsay LR, Michel P, Pearl DL, and Jardine CM, “Northward range expansion of Ixodes scapularis evident over a short timescale in Ontario, Canada”, PLoS One, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017.
Niddam AF, Ebady R, Bansal AK, Koehler A, Hinz B, and Moriarty TJ, “Plasma fibronectin stabilizes Borrelia burgdorferi-endothelial interactions under vascular shear stress by a catch-bond mechanism”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 114, no. 17, pp. E3490-E3498, 2017.
Badawi A, “The Potential of Omics Technologies in Lyme Disease Biomarker Discovery and Early Detection”, Infect Dis Ther, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 85-102, 2017.
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Leighton PA, Adam-Poupart A, Milord F, Lindsay LR, Barkati S, and Thivierge K, “Practices of Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment by general practitioners in Quebec, 2008-2015”, BMC Fam Pract. , vol. 18, no. 1, 2017.
Morshed M, Li L, Lee MK, Fernando K, Lo T, and Wong Q, “A Retrospective Cohort Study of Tick Paralysis in British Columbia”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 821-824, 2017.
Gabriele-Rivet V, Koffi JK, Pelcat Y, Arsenault J, Cheng A, Lindsay LR, Lysyk TJ, Rochon K, and Ogden NH, “A Risk Model for the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Prairie Provinces of Canada”, J Med Entomol, vol. 2017 Feb 26, 2017.
Bouquet J, Gardy JL, Brown S, Pfeil J, Miller RR, Morshed M, Avina-Zubieta A, Shojania K, McCabe M, Parker S, Uyaguari M, Federman S, Tang P, Steiner T, and Otterstater M, “RNA-Seq Analysis of Gene Expression, Viral Pathogen, and B-Cell/T-Cell Receptor Signatures in Complex Chronic Disease.”, Clin Infect Dis., vol. 64, no. 4, 2017.
Carson PK, Holloway K, Dimitrova K, Rogers L, Chaulk AC, Lang AS, Whitney HG, Drebot MA, and Chapman TW, “The Seasonal Timing of Snowshoe Hare Virus Transmission on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada”, J Med Entomol., vol. 54, no. 3, 2017.
Lau L, Wudel B, Kadkhoda K, and Keynan Y, “Snowshoe Hare Virus Causing Meningoencephalitis in a Young Adult From Northern Manitoba, Canada”, Open Forum Infect Dis, vol. 4, no. 3, 2017.
Gasmi S, Ogden NH, Lindsay LR, Burns S, Fleming S, Badcock J, Hanan S, Gaulin C, Leblanc MA, Russell C, Nelder M, Hobbs L, Graham-Derham S, Lachance L, Scott AN, Galanis E, and Koffi JK, “Surveillance for Lyme disease in Canada: 2009-2015.”, Can Commun Dis Rep, vol. 43, no. 10, 2017.
Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, “Synopsis: Lyme Disease in Canada - A Federal Framework”, Can Commun Dis Rep, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 212-214, 2017.
Badawi A, Shering M, Rahman S, and Lindsay LR, “A systematic review and meta-analysis for the adverse effects, immunogenicity and efficacy of Lyme disease vaccines: Guiding novel vaccine development”, Can J Public Health, vol. 108, no. 1, 2017.
Margos G, Marosevic D, Cutler S, Derdakova M, Diuk-Wasser M, Emler S, Fish D, Gray J, Hunfeldt KP, Jaulhac B, Kahl O, Kovalev S, Kraiczy P, Lane RS, Lienhard R, Lindgren PE, Ogden NH, Ornstein K, Rupprecht T, Schwartz I, Sing A, Straubinger RK, Strle F, Voordouw M, Rizzoli A, Stevenson B, and Fingerle V, “There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia.”, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol., vol. 67, no. 4, 2017.
Lother SA and Haley L, “Tick paralysis”, SMAJ, vol. 189, no. 43, 2017.
2016
Aenishaenslin C, Michel P, Ravel A, Gern L, Waaub JP, Milord F, and Bélanger D, “Acceptability of tick control interventions to prevent Lyme disease in Switzerland and Canada: a mixed-method study”, BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 2016.

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