If you are aware of any Canadian research into ticks or tick-borne illnesses that should be included below, please send me an email and include the details. Please note that while summaries of the journal articles listed below are fairly universally accessible by the public, full text access often requires a fee and/or account.

Last updated: March 4, 2025.

2024
Title
Neuroinvasion of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses: A scoping review
Novel recombinant vaccinia virus-vectored vaccine affords complete protection against homologous Borrelia burgdorferi infection in mice
Orbital inflammatory disease as a presenting feature of suspected Lyme neuroborreliosis: case report
Outdoor worker knowledge of ticks and Lyme disease in Québec
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
Pathogen presence, prevalence, and diversity in Ixodes scapularis and mammal hosts at their expanding northern range limits
Perinatal transmission of Lyme disease: A qualitative study investigating the research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy
Pharmacological studies and pharmacokinetic modelling to support the development of interventions targeting ecological reservoirs of Lyme disease
Powassan Virus Encephalitis after Tick Bite, Manitoba, Canada
Quality over quantity in active tick surveillance: Sentinel surveillance outperforms risk-based surveillance for tracking tick-borne disease emergence in southern Canada
Retrospective validation of a rapid Lyme fluorescent immunoassay in differentiating Lyme arthritis from other musculoskeletal presentations in children in a Lyme-endemic region
Secreted Metabolites from Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Borrelia Biofilm: Modulation of Immunogenicity by a Nutraceutical Enzyme and Botanical Blend
Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis for the selection of sentinel regions in tick-borne disease surveillance
Spectrum and Evolution of Movement Disorder Phenomenology in a Pediatric Powassan Encephalitis Case Series
Spectrum and Evolution of Movement Disorder Phenomenology in a Pediatric Powassan Encephalitis Case Series
Structure analysis of the telomere resolvase from the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia garinii reveals functional divergence of its C-terminal domain
Study protocol for a scoping review of Lyme disease prediction methodologies
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance
The effect of fluralaner treatment of small mammals on the endemic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi in a natural environment
The risk of contact between visitors and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks is associated with fine-scale landscape features in a southeastern Canadian nature park
Transendothelial migration of the Lyme disease spirochete involves spirochete internalization as an intermediate step through a transcellular pathway that involves Cdc42 and Rac1
Warming, but not infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, increases off-host winter activity in the ectoparasite, Ixodes scapularis
Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes
“Small Wins” for those with Lyme Disease in Canada: Patients in an Embodied Health Movement

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