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: September 16, 2026.

2026
Title
Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete
Minimal mutational requirements for conversion of a telomere resolvase into a Cre-like site-specific recombinase
Perinatal transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi: advancing scientific and clinical understanding of Lyme disease in pregnancy
Positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in Lyme myocarditis: A case report
Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa, Canada: results from an ecotone modification study using deltamethrin-treated and untreated woodchips
Repellent efficacy of a novel essential oil-based fabric spray formulation against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis ticks in laboratory conditions and human trials
Reply to the letter regarding 'Unravelling the genomic landscape of Canadian Borrelia burgdorferi'
Repulsive and precious: thinking with the tick in Canadian Lyme disease discourse
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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
Tracking Canada's 2015 vaccine research and development priorities: Where are we a decade later?
Unravelling the genomic landscape of Canadian Borrelia burgdorferi: a comparison across global strains
Update on Lyme disease diagnostic approaches and protocols in Canada: Overview of existing testing strategies and limitations
Use of administrative data for evaluating trends in medically-attended Lyme disease, Manitoba, Canada, 2010-2021
Using blood donor surveillance and clinical case data to shape our understanding of Babesia epidemiology in Manitoba, Canada
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

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