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Table 1 Examples of studies on, and syntheses of, surveillance for I. scapularis ticks, B. burgdorferi and Lyme disease cases in Canada. These include studies conducted or funded by Federal or Provincial public health organisations. These do not include articles on detection of ticks and pathogens by researchers independent of public health organisations. A active field surveillance for ticks, P passive tick surveillance, H human case surveillance, Ph phylogenetic analysis, S synthesis. Province abbreviations are AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, SK Saskatchewan, MB Manitoba, ON Ontario, QC Quebec, NB New Brunswick, NS Nova Scotia

From: What is the real number of Lyme disease cases in Canada?

Year of surveillance/analysis

Province

Type of surveillance data

Article/website and reference number

1990–2003

Canada

P

Ogden et al. 2006 Ref [62]

1990–2008

Canada

A, P

Leighton et al. 2012 Ref [63]

1991–2012

Canada

A, P

Bouchard et al. 2015 Ref [81]

1996–2008

QC

A, P, Ph

Ogden et al. 2010 Ref [67]

1996–2010

Canada

A, P, Ph

Ogden et al. 2013 Ref [68]

2004–2013

Canada

A, P

Ogden et al. 2014 Ref [64]

2005–2014

ON

H

Johnson et al. 2018 Ref [43]

2005–2015

AB, SK, MB

A

Gabriele-Rivet et al. 2017 Ref [82]

2007

QC

A

Ogden et al. 2008 Ref [83]

2007–2008

QC

A

Bouchard et al. 2011 Ref [84]

2007–2008

QC

A, P

Koffi et al. 2012 Ref [85]

2007–2008

QC

A, P

Bouchard et al. 2013 Ref [86]

2007–2012

QC

A

Bouchard et al. 2018 Ref [87]

2008–2012

ON

P

Nelder et al. 2017 Ref [88]

2008–2014

QC

P

Gasmi et al. 2016 Ref [89]

2009–2010

ON

A

Werden et al. 2014 Ref [90]

2009–2012

Canada

A, H

Ogden et al. 2015 Ref [40]

2009–2014

QC

A, P, H

Ripoche et al. 2018 Ref [91]

2009–2015

Canada

A, H

Gasmi et al. 2017 Ref [13]

2010–2016

ON

P, H

Kulkarni et al. 2019 Ref [92]

2013

QC

A

Ripoche et al. 2018 Ref [93]

2013–2017

ON

A, P

Schillberg et al. 2018 Ref [94]

2013–2014

BC

A

Morshed et al. 2015 Ref [95]

2013–2017

ON

A, P

Soucy et al. 2018 Ref [96]

2014

NB

A

Gabriele-Rivet et al. 2015 Ref [66]

2014

ON

A

Clow et al. 2016 Ref [97]

2014–2016

ON

A

Clow et al. 2017 Ref [65]

To the present

AB

A, P

Alberta Health Ref [98]

To the present

BC

S

British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Ref [99]

To the present

SK

A, P, H

Saskatchewan Health Ref [100]

To the present

QC

A, P, H, S

INSPQ Ref [101]

To the present

ON

A

Public Health Ontario Ref [102]

To the present

MB

A, P, H, S

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Ref [103]

To the present

NS

A, P, H, S

Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness Ref [104]

To the present

NB

A, P

New Brunswick Health Ref [105]