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: September 16, 2026.

2022
Title
Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada
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
Fluralaner Baits Reduce the Infestation of Peromyscus spp. Mice (Rodentia: Cricetidae) by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs in a Natural Environment
Sentinel Surveillance Contributes to Tracking Lyme Disease Spatiotemporal Risk Trends in Southern Quebec, Canada
The added value of One Health surveillance: data from questing ticks can provide an early signal for anaplasmosis outbreaks in animals and humans
Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada
2021
Title
Fine-scale determinants of the spatiotemporal distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Quebec (Canada)
Mechanistic movement models reveal ecological drivers of tick-borne pathogen spread
2020
Title
Development and validation of a behavioral index for adaptation to lyme disease
Evaluation of fluralaner as an oral acaricide to reduce tick infestation in a wild rodent reservoir of Lyme disease
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)
Telephone Versus Web Panel National Survey for Monitoring Adoption of Preventive Behaviors to Climate Change in Populations: A Case Study of Lyme Disease in Québec, Canada
2019
Title
Detection of municipalities at-risk of Lyme disease using passive surveillance of Ixodes scapularis as an early signal: A province-specific indicator in Canada.
Factors Leading Municipal Authorities to Implement Preventive Interventions for Lyme Disease.
Increased risk of tick-borne diseases with climate and environmental changes
Psychosocial factors leading some municipalities to be active in the prevention of Lyme disease
Quebec's Multi-Party Observatory on Zoonoses and Adaptation to Climate Change
Using Earth observation images to inform risk assessment and mapping of climate change-related infectious diseases.
What is the real number of Lyme disease cases in Canada?
2018
Title
Evidence for increasing densities and geographic ranges of tick species of public health significance other than Ixodes scapularis in Québec, Canada
Integrated Social-Behavioral and Ecological Risk Maps to Prioritize Local Public Health Responses to Lyme Disease.
2017
Title
Exposure and preventive behaviours toward ticks and Lyme disease in Canada: Results from a first national survey.
2016
Title
Evidence of rapid changes in Lyme disease awareness in Canada

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