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 31, 2025.

2024
Title
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
2023
Title
"I Get It, I'm Sick Too": An Autoethnographic Study of One Researcher/Practitioner/Patient With Chronic Illness
A coupled algebraic-delay differential system modeling tick-host interactive behavioural dynamics and multi-stability
A Practical Ambulatory Approach to Atrioventricular Block Secondary to Lyme Carditis
Advances in the Epidemiological Surveillance of Tick-Borne Pathogens
Analyses of human immune responses to Francisella tularensis identify correlates of protection
Anaplasmosis encephalitis and infection of non-myeloid bone marrow precursors
Author Correction: Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete
Choosing Wisely: The Canadian Rheumatology Association Pediatric Committee's List of Items Physicians and Patients Should Question
Choreography of Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhesins To Promote Vascular Escape
Colorado tick fever virus: a review of historical literature and research emphasis for a modern era
Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) essential oil and main components as potential repellents and acaricides against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks
Comparing Canadian Lyme disease risk area classification methodologies
Consequences of Contracting COVID-19 or Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine for Individuals with a History of Lyme Disease
Coupled induction of prophage and virulence factors during tick transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete
Current and future burden from Lyme disease in Québec as a result of climate change
Detection of Ehrlichia minasensis in a female winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) feeding on a moose (Alces alces) in western Canada
Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease
Differences in the reproductive output and larval survival of Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from prairie populations near their northern distributional limits in western Canada
Disruption of Established Bacterial and Fungal Biofilms by a Blend of Enzymes and Botanical Extracts
DNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine targeting outer surface protein C affords protection against homologous Borrelia burgdorferi needle challenge in mice
Ecology and Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in Western North America
Effect of snow cover on the off-host survival of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae

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