Infographic: Ticks and Lyme Disease in Ontario – 2023 UPDATE
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Other Resources
Government of Canada. 2022. Surveillance of Lyme disease. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/surveillance-lyme-disease.html#a1
Public Health Ontario. 2022. Lyme disease. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/diseases-and-conditions/infectious-diseases/vector-borne-zoonotic-diseases/lyme-disease
Public Health Ontario. 2023. Summary: Tick Species in Ontario. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/T/2023/tick-species-ontario-lyme.pdf
Ontario Lyme Disease Map 2023: Estimated Risk Areas. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/L/2023/ontario-lyme-disease-risk-area-map-2023.pdf
Public Health Ontario. Technical Report: Update on Lyme Disease Prevention and Control. 2nd ed. Jun 2016. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Documents/L/2016/lyme-disease-prevention-technical.pdf
Ontario Ministry of Health. 2023. Tick-borne diseases. https://www.ontario.ca/page/tick-borne-diseases
University of Rhode Island. Field Guide to Ticks. https://web.uri.edu/tickencounter/fieldguide/
eTick. Image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada. www.etick.ca
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