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: October 6, 2026.

2021
Title
Occupations at risk of contracting zoonoses of public health significance in Québec
Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Borrelia Species in Ticks from British Columbia, Canada: 2002-2018
Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging-Comment on 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites'
Potential geographic distribution of Ixodes cookei, the vector of Powassan virus
Powassan virus: What is the risk to the blood supply?
Public perceptions of Lyme disease and climate change in southern Manitoba, Canada: making a case for strategic decoupling of climate and health messages
Reproductive output and larval survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from a population at the northern distributional limit
Risk of transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti in Canada
Risk of transmittable blood-borne pathogens in blood units from blood donor dogs in Canada
Seroprevalence and evaluation of risk factors associated with seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario horses
Single stranded DNA annealing is a conserved activity of telomere resolvases
Species-specific PCR assay for the detection of Babesia odocoilei
Synchronized Tick Population Oscillations Driven by Host Mobility and Spatially Heterogeneous Developmental Delays Combined
Synthesis and Characterization of β-Cyclodextrin-Essential Oil Inclusion Complexes for Tick Repellent Development
The application of next-generation sequence-based DNA barcoding for bloodmeal detection in host-seeking wild-caught Ixodes scapularis nymphs
The Family Borreliaceae (Spirochaetales), a Diverse Group in Two Genera of Tick-Borne Spirochetes of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles
The Impact of Tick-Borne Diseases on the Bone
The Lyme disease spirochete can hijack the host immune system for extravasation from the microvasculature
Thermostable Keystone Bacteria Maintain the Functional Diversity of the Ixodes scapularis Microbiome Under Heat Stress
Tick exposures and alpha-gal syndrome: A systematic review of the evidence
Ticks, Human Babesiosis and Climate Change
Why the Rationale for Canine Borrelia burgdorferi Vaccination Is Unpersuasive
2020
Title
A 4-year-old boy with ataxia and aphasia
A case of tick-borne relapsing fever in pregnancy
A comparison of the cuticular properties of argasid and ixodid ticks: Ornithodoros moubata (Argasidae) vs. Amblyomma hebraeum and Ixodes pacificus (Ixodidae)

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