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.

2022
Title
A patchy model for tick population dynamics with patch-specific developmental delays
About Modeling Long-Term Cardiac Manifestations of Lyme Disease
American dog ticks along their expanding range edge in Ontario, Canada
An ecological approach to predict areas with established populations of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec, Canada
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Triggered by Lyme Disease
Assessing the spatial and temporal patterns and risk factors for acquisition of Ixodes spp. by companion animals across Canada
Babesia microti-induced fulminant sepsis in an immunocompromised host: A case report and the case-specific literature review
Babesia vulpes in a dog from Prince Edward Island, Canada
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) needles and their essential oil kill overwintering ticks (Ixodes scapularis) at cold temperatures
Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada
Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife
Borrelia burgdorferi strain and host sex influence pathogen prevalence and abundance in the tissues of a laboratory rodent host
Canadian blood suppliers: An expanding role in public health surveillance?
Clobetasol increases the abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi in the skin 70 times more in male mice compared to female mice
Comparative genomic analysis of Babesia duncani responsible for human babesiosis
Comparison of national surveillance systems for Lyme disease in humans in Europe and North America: a policy review
Context-dependent host dispersal and habitat fragmentation determine heterogeneity in infected tick burdens: an agent-based modelling study
Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool
Current and future distribution of Ixodes scapularis ticks in Québec: Field validation of a predictive model
Development of a Simple Trap That Captures Ticks (Acari) on Their Dorsal Surface
Differential detection of tick-borne pathogens in human platelets and whole blood using microfluidic PCR
Disseminated Lyme disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review
Early Lyme neuroborreliosis manifesting as brachial plexopathy and meningitis in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: A case report
Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogens in Central Canada: Recent Detections of Babesia odocoilei and Rickettsia rickettsii
Environmentally Sustainable Health Systems in Canada

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