Geneticks Contributions to Research

Academic Publications

• Piot, Anthony, et al. (2026) “Unravelling the genomic landscape of Canadian Borrelia burgdorferi: a comparison across global strains.” Microbial Genomics, 12(1). Available at:  https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001606.
• Crandall, K.E., Kerr, J.T. and Millien, V. (2024) “Pathogen presence, prevalence, and diversity in Ixodes scapularis and mammal hosts at their expanding northern range limits” Frontiers in Parasitology, 2(11). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpara.2023.1272790.
• Prodanuk, M. et al. (2022) “Lyme disease in a neonate complicated by the Jarisch–herxheimer reaction,” Canadian Medical Association Journal, 194(27). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.220112.
• Crandall, K.E., Kerr, J.T. and Millien, V. (2022) “Emerging tick-borne pathogens in central Canada: Recent detections of babesia odocoilei and rickettsia rickettsii,” Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 22(11), pp. 535–544. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2022.0036.

Tick and Tickborne Disease Surveillance Program

• Tick Statistics

Internal Resources

Information about Lyme Disease

• https://www.geneticks.ca/learn-about-lyme/

Frequently Asked Questions

• https://www.geneticks.ca/frequently-asked-questions/

Geneticks in the Media

The Canadian Press – As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north

• As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north | National News | thecanadianpressnews.ca

Global News – Here’s how to prevent tick bites and safely remove them

• Here’s how to prevent tick bites and safely remove them – National | Globalnews.caHere’s how to prevent tick bites and safely remove them – National | Globalnews.ca

Global News – A Rare Tick-borne Disease is Spreading to Canada (babesiosis)

• https://globalnews.ca/news/9601467/ticks-babesiosis-disease-canada/

Explore Magazine Editorial

• https://www.explore-mag.com/Bitten-by-a-tick-in-Canada-Heres-how-to-get-it-tested-for-Lyme-disease-fast

CanLyme Looking at Lyme Podcast (The world of ticks)

• https://www.lookingatlyme.ca/2020/07/s1-e2-justin-wood-takes-us-deep-into-the-world-of-ticks/

CTV W5 Episode “Bitten”

• https://youtu.be/DQh_XPU0imQ (Genticks Timestamp: 9:50)

Chasin’ Tails Podcast

• https://jonmccurdy89.podbean.com/e/episode-11-tick-talk-not-tictok/

CanLyme Looking at Lyme Podcast (Mapping ticks in Canada)

• https://www.lookingatlyme.ca/2021/05/mapping-ticks-in-canada-with-justin-wood/

Global National Babesiosis Segment

• https://globalnews.ca/news/7935432/ticks-babesiosis-anaplasmosis-canada/

The Globe and Mail – A Ticking Time Bomb

• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-ticking-time-bomb-canadas-tick-seasons-are-getting-worse-and-theyre/

The Big Story Podcast

• https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2021/07/12/ticks-canada-what-to-do/

CTD Conference, November 2025 – Justin’s Full presentation: Tick-borne Illness: Scope and Epidemiology

• https://youtu.be/j-ByvypbmLU 

Do a tick check every time you spend time outside, Guelph and area health unit says

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wellington-dufferin-guelph-public-health-tick-checks-regularly-report-any-season-9.7195505

Living with Lyme Disease: One Northern Ontario Story

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxtIkdQp9BI 

Man’s Lyme disease experience inspires tick testing company

• www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/mans-lyme-disease-experience-inspires-tick-testing-company/ 

Canadian Resources

Associations and Research Foundations

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation

• https://canlyme.com/

Lyme Ontario

• http://lymeontario.com/

Lyme Disease Association of Alberta

• http://www.albertalyme.org/

Manitoba Lyme Disease

• http://www.manitobalyme.com/

LymeNB

• https://www.lymenb.ca/

Association Québécoise de la maladie de Lyme

• http://aqml.ca/

G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-borne Diseases

• http://www.gmagnottafoundation.com/

Dr. E. Murakami Centre for Lyme Research, Education & Assistance Society

• http://www.murakamicentreforlyme.org/

Canadian Lyme Consortium

• http://www.clymec.ca/

Tick Awareness Canada Association

• https://www.tickawarenesscanada.com/

Atlantick Repellent Products

• https://atlantick.ca/

Mosquito.Buzz Property Tick Spraying

• https://www.mosquito.buzz/tick-control-service

Government

Government of Canada

• https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/lyme-disease-awareness-resources.html

Government of Ontario

• https://www.ontario.ca/page/lyme-disease

Public Health Ontario

• https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/BrowseByTopic/InfectiousDiseases/Pages/IDLandingPages/Lyme-Disease.aspx

British Columbia

• http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/lyme-disease-borrelia-burgdorferi-infection
• https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw77226

Alberta

• https://www.alberta.ca/lyme-disease-tick-surveillance.aspx

Saskatchewan

• https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/diseases-and-conditions/lyme-disease

Manitoba

• https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/diseases/lyme.html

Institut National de Santé Publique (Québec)

• https://www.inspq.qc.ca/en/node/321

Newfoundland and Labrador

• https://www.health.gov.nl.ca/health/lyme_disease.html

Prince Edward Island

• https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-and-wellness/lyme-disease-in-pei

New Brunswick

• https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/ocmoh/cdc/content/vectorborne_andzoonotic/Tick-Borne_Diseases.html

Nova Scotia

• https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp

International Resources

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society

• http://www.ilads.org/