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
Advanced Molecular and Microscopic Diagnostics Suggest Congenital Borrelia Transmission: A Case Report
Advancements in nanotrap technology for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases
Biosensor for Lyme Disease: Real-time, Specific, and Label-Free Complementary Metal-Oxide-Silicon Transistor Sensing of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Outer Surface Protein A in Unprocessed Blood
Chemical Composition Matters! The Role of Nepetalactone Isomers in Tick Repellency
Efficacy of a novel tick attractant and repellent activity of essential oils from sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult
Evolution of Translational Machinery in Fast- and Slow-Growing Bacteria
In vitro assessment of entomopathogenic potential of Clonostachys rosea (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks
Increased Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Nova Scotia-Prevalence and Distribution 10 Years Later
Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete
Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete
Positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in Lyme myocarditis: A case report
Repellent efficacy of a novel essential oil-based fabric spray formulation against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis ticks in laboratory conditions and human trials
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
Telomere-to-telomere assembly detects genomic diversity in Canadian strains of Borrelia burgdorferi
Unravelling the genomic landscape of Canadian Borrelia burgdorferi: a comparison across global strains
2025
Title
'You adapt, and you try not to resent it': a qualitative study exploring impacts of living with ticks and barriers to adopting preventive measures in Canada
A machine learning framework for estimating the probability of blacklegged tick population establishment in eastern Canada using Earth observation data
A systematic review of the effectiveness and utility of Lyme disease prevention measures in Canada, the United States, and Europe
Acute Febrile Illness Accompanied by 7th and 12th Cranial Nerve Palsy Due to Lyme Disease Following Travel to Rural Ecuador: A Case Report and Mini-Review
Anaplasmosis: Emerging Threat in Canada
Babesia nucleic acid prevalence among blood donors in southern Québec
Borrelia burgdorferi lacking all cp32 prophage plasmids retains full infectivity in mice
Borrelia burgdorferi Strain-Specific Differences in Mouse Infectivity and Pathology
Combining Object Detection, Super-Resolution GANs and Transformers to Facilitate Tick Identification Workflow from Crowdsourced Images on the eTick Platform

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