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.

2026
Title
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2021
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2022
2025
Title
Molecular-based laboratory testing confer accuracy over microscopical testing for tick identification
2024
Title
Draft whole-genome sequences of three Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Western Canada
Lyme Disease Confirmatory Western Blot Is Redundant for Screen Negative Samples in Low Endemic Areas, British Columbia, Canada
Mapping Ixodes pacificus and Borrelia burgdorferi Habitat Suitability Under Current and Mid-Century Climate in the Pacific Northwest (BC and WA)
Molecular-based laboratory testing confer accuracy over microscopical testing for tick identification
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
Passive tick surveillance and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks from companion animals in British Columbia: 2018 to 2020
The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance
Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes
2023
Title
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2020
2022
Title
A diagnostic classifier for gene expression-based identification of early Lyme disease
2021
Title
Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Borrelia Species in Ticks from British Columbia, Canada: 2002-2018
2020
Title
Sentinel surveillance of Lyme disease risk in Canada, 2019: Results from the first year of the Canadian Lyme Sentinel Network (CaLSeN)
2019
Title
Detection of 'Candidatus Ehrlichia khabarensis' in rodents and ticks removed from rodents in British Columbia, Canada.
2018
Title
A case of Powassan encephalitis acquired in southern Quebec
2017
Title
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Tick Paralysis in British Columbia
RNA-Seq Analysis of Gene Expression, Viral Pathogen, and B-Cell/T-Cell Receptor Signatures in Complex Chronic Disease.
2016
Title
A New Borrelia Species Discovered in BC Ticks
2015
Title
Lyme Disease Diagnosed by Alternative Methods: A Phenotype Similar to That of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes Ticks and Small Rodents in British Columbia
2012
Title
Lyme disease: Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of physicians in a low-endemic area.
2011
Title
Lyme Disease in British Columbia: Are we really missing an epidemic?
Physician awareness of lyme disease in British Columbia

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