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: May 21, 2026.

2016
Title
Seroprevalence of Babesia microti infection in Canadian blood donors
Toll-like receptor cascade and gene polymorphism in host-pathogen interaction in Lyme disease.
2015
Title
Ability of Unfed Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) to Survive a Second Winter as Adults in Manitoba, Canada, Near the Northern Limit of Their Range.
Assessment of prevalence and distribution of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Manitoba, Canada, in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae).
Complex population structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern and south central Canada as revealed by phylogeographic analysis.
Different Ecological Niches for Ticks of Public Health Significance in Canada
Epidemiology of Lyme Disease, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2002-2013
Evolutionary aspects of emerging Lyme disease in Canada
How far north are migrant birds transporting the tick Ixodes scapularis in Canada? Insights from stable hydrogen isotope analyses of feathers.
Major emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases of public health importance in Canada
Methods to Prevent Tick Bites and Lyme Disease.
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
Sequence variability in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and tRNA(Val) genes of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) individuals shown previously to be genetically invariant.
The increasing risk of Lyme disease in Canada
Tick bites in the Lyme light
2014
Title
Climate change and habitat fragmentation drive the occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, at the northeastern limit of its distribution.
Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).
Geography, deer, and host biodiversity shape the pattern of Lyme disease emergence in the Thousand Islands archipelago of Ontario, Canada
Population-Based Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Expanding Foci of Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis and the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada
The first case of locally acquired tick-borne Babesia microti infection in Canada.
The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada.
Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in Ixodes scapularis ticks, Canada.
2013
Title
Does high biodiversity reduce the risk of Lyme disease invasion?
Harvested white-tailed deer as sentinel hosts for early establishing Ixodes scapularis populations and risk from vector-borne zoonoses in Southeastern Canada.
Investigation of the population structure of the tick vector of Lyme disease Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Canada using mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene sequences

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