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: March 25, 2026.

2025
Title
Genetic landscape of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Canada: a study of genetic diversity
2019
Title
Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick‐borne bacterial pathogen
2018
Title
Evidence for an effect of landscape connectivity on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto dispersion in a zone of range expansion
Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of strains of the agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi from Canadian emergence zones.
2017
Title
There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia
2016
Title
Evidence for Host-Genotype Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto
2015
Title
Complex population structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in southeastern and south central Canada as revealed by phylogeographic analysis.
Evolutionary aspects of emerging Lyme disease in Canada
2014
Title
Borrelia kurtenbachii sp. nov., a widely distributed member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex in North America
2013
Title
Changing geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: drivers, mechanisms and consequences for pathogen diversity
Multilocus sequence typing of Borrelia burgdorferi suggests existence of lineages with differential pathogenic properties in humans
2012
Title
Two boundaries separate Borrelia burgdorferi populations in North America.
2011
Title
Investigation of genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in surveillance in Canada.
Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
2010
Title
Active and Passive Surveillance and Phylogenetic Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Elucidate the Process of Lyme Disease Risk Emergence in Canada
Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii.