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 31, 2025.

2023
Title
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
Electrochemical Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Using a Biomimetic Flow Cell System
Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of reported Lyme disease cases: Data from the Canadian Lyme disease enhanced surveillance system
Establishment and range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis in the northern Maritimes of Canada: Community participatory science documents establishment of an invasive tick species
Evaluation of a community-based One Health intervention to reduce the risk of Lyme disease in a high-incidence municipality
Female ticks (Ixodes scapularis) infected with Borrelia burgdorferi have increased overwintering survival, with implications for tick population growth
Healthcare costs and outcomes associated with laboratory-confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study
Historical associations and spatiotemporal changes of pathogen presence in ticks in Canada: A systematic review
Human Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in North America
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in a Scottish traveller returning from Canada
I Can Do Anything if I’ve Overcome That: A Collaborative Case Study of an Adolescent with Symptoms of Lyme Disease in Canada
Identifying Potential Lyme Disease Cases Using Self-Reported Worldwide Tweets: Deep Learning Modeling Approach Enhanced With Sentimental Words Through Emojis
Infestation patterns of Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis on dogs and cats across Canada
Integrated human behavior and tick risk maps to prioritize Lyme disease interventions using a 'One Health' approach
Isolation and multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi from Ixodes scapularis collected from dogs in Ontario, Canada

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