Lyme disease (LD) is an emerging public health threat in Canada, associated with the
northward range expansion of the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis). To address this …

Abstract Background The number of Lyme disease risk areas in Canada is growing. In
regions with emerging tick populations, it is important to emphasize peridomestic risk and …

Background Tick-borne diseases, and especially Lyme Disease (LD), are on the rise in
Canada and have been met with increasing public health concern. To face these emerging …

Lyme disease (LD) risk is increasing in Canada. In 2014, the government of Canada
launched a national communication campaign to raise awareness and promote the adoption …

Lyme disease (LD) is emerging in Canada. A key preventive strategy is promoting the
adoption by the general public of personal preventive behaviors regarding tick bites. The …

Background Lyme disease is an emerging vector-borne zoonotic disease of increasing
public health importance in Canada. As part of its mandate, the Canadian Lyme Disease …

Background Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne emerging disease in Canada that has been
endemic in many temperate countries for decades. Currently, one of the main approaches …

Background Lyme disease (LD) and other tick-borne diseases are emerging across
Canada. Spatial and temporal LD risk is typically estimated using acarological surveillance …

Introduction: climate change has contributed to the spread of the hard tick Ixodes scapularis
into increasingly northern latitudes, and subsequently has caused the spread of the lyme dis …

Background Lyme disease is emerging in eastern and central Canada due to the spread of
the tick vector Ixodes scapularis. Currently, the test to establish Lyme disease-endemic …