It’s September and the last remaining days of summer are ticking down far too quickly for my comfort. I’ve been consoling myself by updating the Lyme Disease in Canada website with the latest research papers (and a few historical ones) highlighting the work of Canadian scientists in the fields of tick and tick-borne disease research.
These latest additions bring the number of papers indexed this year to 51 and the overall total has now surpassed 300. And every one of these papers is relevant to anyone curious about what’s going on with Lyme disease and ticks in this country.
Here’s what I’ve added for 2019:
Identification of Borrelia bissettii in Ixodes scapularis ticks from New Brunswick, Canada
Health Survey of boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in northeastern British Columbia, Canada
Prevalence of Babesia in Canadian blood donors: June-October 2018
Multiple Sclerosis and psychosis: A case report
Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy
In addition to the papers I’ve added for this year, I’ve also added some historical ones (historical = pre-2019) that got missed when I was indexing papers in previous years.
Here’s what I’ve added:
2018
Case Report: A Case of Colorado Tick Fever Acquired in Southwestern Saskatchewan
2017
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Tick Paralysis in British Columbia
2016
Retrospective Study Investigating the Seroprevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Manitoba, Canada: 2011-2014
Cuticle expansion during feeding in the tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae): The role of hydrostatic pressure
A Dynamic Population Model to Investigate Effects of Climate and Climate-Independent Factors on the Lifecycle of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)
2015
Anaplasmosis in a dog on Vancouver Island
Seroprevalence of equine granulocytic anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis in Canada as determined by a point-of-care enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
2014
Bill C-442: Shining the limelight on the Lyme-like?
Summary of the Public Health Agency of Canada's Action Plan on Lyme Disease
Salivary gland degeneration and ovarian development in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari: Ixodidae). I. Post-engorgement events
Salivary gland degeneration and ovary development in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni Stiles (Acari: Ixodidae). II. Determination of the 'critical weight
2013
Protein-losing nephropathy associated with Borrelia burgdorferi seropositivity in a soft-coated wheaten terrier: response to therapy
Lyme borreliosis: an update for Canadian dermatologists
Movement of male Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) among cattle
Reinstatement of Dermacentor kamshadalus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) as a valid species parasitizing mountain goats and sheep in the United States, Canada, and Russia
Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd
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As always, if you are aware of any tick or tick-borne illness research being done in Canada or involving Canadian researchers that you believe I should be covering, please drop me a line at thelymereport@substack.com.