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.

2013
Title
Predicting the rate of invasion of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi
Range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) near their northern distributional limits
2012
Title
Identifying the last supper: utility of the DNA barcode library for bloodmeal identification in ticks.
Passive Surveillance for I. scapularis ticks: enhanced analysis for early detection of emerging Lyme disease risk
Predicting the speed of tick invasion: an empirical model of range expansion for Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada.
2011
Title
A twist on Lyme: the challenge of diagnosing European Lyme neuroborreliosis
Associations between Ixodes scapularis ticks and small mammal hosts in a newly endemic zone in southeastern Canada: Implications for Borrelia burgdorferi transmission.
Genetic diversity in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from six established populations in Canada
Investigation of genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance in Canada.
Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in the South Okanagan, British Columbia: Active surveillance in ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)
2010
Title
Active and Passive Surveillance and Phylogenetic Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Elucidate the Process of Lyme Disease Risk Emergence in Canada

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