Vett Lloyd

Dr.

Vett Lloyd research interests are in genetics and epigenetics with a focus on epigenetics of cancer, ticks, wolbachia and Lyme disease and Drosophila models of human disease.

Constructing an ELISA for Detection of Anti-Borrelia in Wildlife and Agricultural Animals.

Bland J, McGowan C, Bush E, Lloyd V.

Methods Mol Biol. 2024;2742:47-67. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3561-2_4.

PMID: 38165614 [ ] 2.

PMID: 36710996 Seeking Care for Long COVID: A Narrative Analysis of Canadian Experiences.

Kaufmann J, Gould O, Lloyd V.

J Patient Exp. 2023 Jan 23;10:23743735231151770. doi: 10.1177/23743735231151770. eCollection 2023.

PMID: 36710996 Free PMC article. [ ] 3.

PMID: 37360035 Electrochemical Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Using a Biomimetic Flow Cell System.

Flynn CD, Sandomierski M, Kim K, Lewis J, Lloyd V, Ignaszak A.

ACS Meas Sci Au. 2023 Mar 30;3(3):208-216. doi: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.3c00004. eCollection 2023 Jun 21.

PMID: 37360035 Free PMC article. [ ] 4.

PMID: 35061805 Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in Atlantic Canadian wildlife.

Zinck CB, Lloyd VK.

PLoS One. 2022 Jan 21;17(1):e0262229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262229. eCollection 2022.

PMID: 35061805 Free PMC article. [ ] 5.

PMID: 37831710 Establishment and range expansion of Dermacentor variabilis in the northern Maritimes of Canada: Community participatory science documents establishment of an invasive tick species.

Kirby AM, Evans EP, Bishop SJ, Lloyd VK.

PLoS One. 2023 Oct 13;18(10):e0292703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292703. eCollection 2023.

PMID: 37831710 Free PMC article. [ ] 6.

PMID: 36504091 Cultivation Methods of Spirochetes from Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex and Relapsing Fever Borrelia.

Berthold A, Faucillion ML, Nilsson I, Golovchenko M, Lloyd V, Bergström S, Rudenko N.

J Vis Exp. 2022 Nov 25;(189). doi: 10.3791/64431.

PMID: 36504091 [ ] 7.

PMID: 42040593 Perinatal transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi: advancing scientific and clinical understanding of Lyme disease in pregnancy.

Faber S, Mao C, Darling E, Ahern H, Brissette C, Gardner TD, Weis JJ, Bergström S, Breitschwerdt EB, Coyne CB, Fallon BA, Goodreau H, Lambert JS, Lloyd V, Luchini A, Mulkey SB, Nagel K, Nemser B, Rudenko N, Shan J, Tal MC, Embers ME.

Front Med (Lausanne). 2026 Apr 9;13:1794120. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1794120. eCollection 2026.

PMID: 42040593 Free PMC article.

Review. [ ] 8.

PMID: 39770294 Development, Optimization, and Validation of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Borrelia burgdorferi Detection in Tick, Wildlife, and Human Samples.

Lewis J, Lloyd VK, Robichaud GA.

Pathogens. 2024 Nov 23;13(12):1034. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13121034.

PMID: 39770294 Free PMC article. [ ] 9.

PMID: 39202370 Changes in the Transcriptome and Long Non-Coding RNAs but Not the Methylome Occur in Human Cells Exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi.

Berthold A, Lloyd VK.

Genes (Basel). 2024 Aug 1;15(8):1010. doi: 10.3390/genes15081010.

PMID: 39202370 Free PMC article. [ ] 10.

PMID: 34684234 Monitoring Risk: Tick and Borrelia burgdorferi Public Participatory Surveillance in the Canadian Maritimes, 2012-2020.

Lewis J, Kirby AM, Harris KD, Filiaggi CL, Foley-Eby A, Mann M, Lieske D, Lloyd VK.

Pathogens. 2021 Oct 6;10(10):1284. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10101284.

PMID: 34684234 Free PMC article.

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PMID: 33749140 Patient Lyme disease websites prioritize science; public health websites prioritize consistent messaging-Comment on 'Lyme disease prevention: A content analysis of Canadian patient group and government websites'.

Lloyd V, Cox M, Bailey J, Roy C.

Zoonoses Public Health. 2021 Nov;68(7):854-858. doi: 10.1111/zph.12794.

Epub 2021 Mar 21.

PMID: 33749140 No abstract available. [ ] 12.

PMID: 40472016 Epigenetic responses in Borrelia-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks: Over-expression of euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase 2 and no change in DNA methylation.

MacIntosh GH, Nuyens AC, Vickery JL, Berthold A, Lloyd VK.

PLoS One. 2025 Jun 5;20(6):e0324546. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324546. eCollection 2025.

PMID: 40472016 Free PMC article. [ ] 13.

PMID: 41753693 Advanced Molecular and Microscopic Diagnostics Suggest Congenital Borrelia Transmission: A Case Report.

Bemis LT, Golovchenko M, Ericson ME, Haque MH, Lloyd V, Rudenko N.

Microorganisms. 2026 Feb 9;14(2):406. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms14020406.

PMID: 41753693 Free PMC article. [ ] 14.

PMID: 36791538 Morphological and molecular confirmation of Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) in Colombia.

Ossa-López PA, Mancilla-Agrono LY, Micolta LFB, Ramírez-Chaves HE, Agudelo JDC, Muñoz-Leal S, Labruna MB, Lloyd V, Rivera-Páez FA.

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2023 May;14(3):102142. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102142.

Epub 2023 Feb 13.

PMID: 36791538 Free article. [ ] 15.

PMID: 37939060 Profiling disease burden and Borrelia seroprevalence in Canadians with complex and chronic illness.

Sanderson VP, Miller JC, Bamm VV, Tilak M, Lloyd VK, Singh-Ranger G, Wills MKB.

PLoS One. 2023 Nov 8;18(11):e0291382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291382. eCollection 2023.

PMID: 37939060 Free PMC article.

B.Sc University of British Columbia Diplome (M.Sc.-equiv.) University of Geneva Ph.D.

University of British Columbia BIOL 3621- Applied Genetics, Fall BIOL 3661- Human Genetics, Winter BIOL 4951 - Independent study - Hum.

Health & Zoonotic Disease, Fall BIOL 4950 - Independent study - Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife, Fall & Winter