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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/90734, first published .
Tiny tick on a human finger, highlighting the small size of the arachnid.

Assessing the Effectiveness of Crowdsourced Data to Detect Established Tick Populations in Quebec, Canada: Retrospective Ecological Study

Assessing the Effectiveness of Crowdsourced Data to Detect Established Tick Populations in Quebec, Canada: Retrospective Ecological Study

Ariane Dumas   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Jade Savage   4 , PhD ;   Kirsten E Crandall   5 , PhD ;   Jules K Koffi   2, 6 , PhD ;   Patrick A Leighton   2, 3 , PhD ;   Nicholas H Ogden   1, 2 , BVSc, DPhil, FCAHS ;   Erin E Rees   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Catherine Bouchard   1, 2, 3 , PhD, DVM

1 Modelling Hub Division, Applied Public Health Sciences Directorate, Science and Policy Integration Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada

2 Groupe de Recherche en Épidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

3 Département de pathologie et microbiologie, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

4 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

5 Unité Maladies infectieuses en communauté, Direction des risques biologiques, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada

6 Zoonoses Division, Centre for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Ariane Dumas, PhD
  • Modelling Hub Division, Applied Public Health Sciences Directorate, Science and Policy Integration Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada
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  • Email: ariane.dumas@phac-aspc.gc.ca