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: December 15, 2025.

2024
Title
Animal models of Lyme carditis. Understanding how to study a complex disease
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato prevalence in Ixodes scapularis from Canada: a thirty-year summary and meta-analysis (1990-2020)
Changes in the Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNAs but Not the Methylome Occur in Human Cells Exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi
Characterization and genomic analysis of the Lyme disease spirochete bacteriophage ϕBB-1
Collaborative Modeling of the Tick-Borne Disease Social-Ecological System: A Conceptual Framework
Comparison of the supercooling points of questing Dermacentor variabilis adults in two populations on the Canadian prairies and implications for overwinter survival
Constructing an ELISA for Detection of Anti-Borrelia in Wildlife and Agricultural Animals
Dermacentor species (Acari: Ixodidae) in western Canada, with detection of Dermacentor similis
Development, Optimization, and Validation of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Borrelia burgdorferi Detection in Tick, Wildlife, and Human Samples
Disease and Mortality in Free-Ranging Leporids in Canada, 1990-2019: A Retrospective Study
Draft whole-genome sequences of three Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Western Canada
Editorial: Spirochetal diseases (syphilis, Lyme disease, and leptospirosis): transmission, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, prevention, and treatment
Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae
Estimating the Incidence and Economic Cost of Lyme Disease Cases in Canada in the 21st Century with Projected Climate Change
Evaluation of acaricide treatments to experimentally reduce winter tick load on moose
Exotic ticks removed from German travelers
Exploring the impact of Anaplasma phagocytophilum on colonization resistance of Ixodes scapularis microbiota using network node manipulation
Geographic range and minimum infection rate of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks in Manitoba, Canada from 1995 to 2017
Harmful and Harmless Soil-Dwelling Fungi Indicate Microhabitat Suitability for Off-Host Ixodid Ticks
High-resolution environmental and host-related factors impacting questing Ixodes scapularis at their northern range edge
Historical Summary of Tick and Animal Surveillance Studies for Lyme Disease in Canada, 1975-2023: A Scoping Review
Human Tick-Borne Diseases and Advances in Anti-Tick Vaccine Approaches: A Comprehensive Review
In vitro acaricidal activity of essential oils and their binary mixtures against ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Incidence of hospitalizations related to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases using Discharge Abstract Database, Canada, 2009-2021
Ixodes scapularis density and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence along a residential-woodland gradient in a region of emerging Lyme disease risk

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