Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by
genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread …

Projections around the globe suggest an increase in tick-vectored disease incidence and
distribution, and the potential for emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens. Lyme disease is …

Climate warming and other environmental changes have contributed to the expansion of the
range of several tick species into higher latitudes in North America. As temperatures …

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 …

Personal protection measures to prevent human tick encounters from resulting in bites are
widely recommended as the first line of defense against health impacts associated with ticks …

Background Lyme disease is emerging in Canada due to expansion of the range of the tick
vector Ixodes scapularis from the United States. National surveillance for human Lyme …

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) risk is emerging rapidly in Canada due to range expansion of its tick
vectors, accelerated by climate change. The risk of contracting LD varies geographically due …

Background: The risk of contracting Lyme disease (LD) can vary spatially because of spatial
heterogeneity in risk factors such as social-behavior and exposure to ecological risk factors …

Gentrification operates as a social driver of health that can increase tick‐borne disease
(TBD) risk for communities of color through either population displacement or land‐use …