TY - JOUR AU - Koffi, Jules AU - Lindsay, Robbin AU - Ogden, Nicholas PY - 2016/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Surveillance for Lyme Disease in Canada, 2009-2012 JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Lightning Talks DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6477 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6477 SP - AB - <span>This study summarize the first 4 years (2009-2012) of national surveillance for Lyme Disease (LD) in Canada. LD surveillance data for 2009-2012 are analyzed to describe the early patterns (age, seasonality and presenting manifestations) of LD emergence in Canada and to compare against those reported in the US.</span><br /><br /><span>The study shows that: i) LD incidence is increasing in central and eastern Canada due to northwards expansion of the tick vector </span><em>Ixodes scapularis</em><span>; and ii) there is a lower proportion of cases presenting with early LD in Canada compared with the US suggesting lower awareness of early LD in Canada.</span> ER -