Canadian Tick-borne Research 2010-Present
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Last updated: May 1, 2024
Found 634 results
, “Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Ixodes scapularis from a Newly Established Lyme Disease Endemic Area, the Thousand Islands Region of Ontario, Canada”, Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 15, no. 10, 2015.
, “Sequence variability in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and tRNA(Val) genes of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) individuals shown previously to be genetically invariant.”, Mol Cell Probes., vol. 29, no. 3, 2015.
, “Seroprevalence of equine granulocytic anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis in Canada as determined by a point-of-care enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).”, Can Vet J, vol. 56, no. 6, 2015.
, “Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes Ticks and Small Rodents in British Columbia”, Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, vol. 15, no. 11, 2015.
, “Tick bites in the Lyme light.”, Paediatr Child Health, vol. 20, no. 5, 2015.
, “Bill C-442: Shining the Limelight on the Lyme-Like?”, Canadian Journal of Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology, vol. 25, 2014.
, “Borrelia kurtenbachii sp. nov., a widely distributed member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex in North America”, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, vol. 64, no. Pt. 1, 2014.
, “Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution.”, Evol Appl., vol. 7, no. 7, 2014.
, “Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: establishment of a circumpolar working group.”, Int J Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014.
, “Comparison of the DNA sequences and secondary structure of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene of Ixodes kingi, Ixodes sculptus and Ixodes angustus”, Molecular and Cellular Probes, vol. 28, no. 4, 2014.
, “Construction and characterization of a Borrelia burgdorferi strain with conditional expression of the essential telomere resolvase, ResT.”, J Bacteriol., vol. 196, no. 13, 2014.
, “The Establishment of a Blacklegged Tick Population by Migratory Songbirds in Ontario, Canada.”, J Veter Sci Med, vol. 2, no. 1, 2014.
, “Estimated Effects of Projected Climate Change on the Basic Reproductive Number of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis”, Environ Health Perspectives, vol. 122, no. 6, 2014.
, “The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada.”, Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol., vol. 25, no. 6, 2014.
, “From Lyme disease emergence to endemicity: a cross sectional comparative study of risk perceptions in different populations.”, BMC Public Health, vol. 14, 2014.
, “Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).”, Parasit Vectors, vol. 7, 2014.
, “Geography, deer, and host biodiversity shape the pattern of Lyme disease emergence in the Thousand Islands archipelago of Ontario, Canada”, PLos ONE, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014.
, “Invariant natural killer T cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia.”, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 111, no. 38, 2014.
, “Lyme Arthritis: an Emerging Clinical Problem in Nova Scotia, Canada”, Arthritis & Rheumatology, vol. 66, no. Supplement S3, 2014.
, “Mutation scanning-based identification of larval and nymphal ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii).”, Molecular and Cellular Probes, vol. 28, no. 1, 2014.
, “People, Pets, and Parasites: One Health Surveillance in Southeastern Saskatchewan”, AM J Trop Med Hyg, vol. 90, no. 6, 2014.
, “The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada.”, Parasites & Vectors, vol. 7, 2014.
, “Sequence and secondary structure of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis”, Molecular and Cellular Probes, vol. 29, no. 1, 2014.
, “Tick Paralysis in a Snowshoe Hare by Ixodes pacificus Ticks in British Columbia, Canada”, Journal of Veterinary Science & Medicine, vol. 2, no. 2, 2014.
