In 2016, 174 cases of Lyme disease were reported to public health authorities, including 124 cases that were acquired in Québec.
The Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec received 2 158 Ixodes scapularis ticks from Québec, primarily from the regions of Estrie, Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec, Montréal, Laurentides, Lanaudière, Montérégie and the Capitale…