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2001 Archive

Infectious Diseases News Brief

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

December 21, 2001

  • Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever): England, Finland (Imported from California)
  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza: United States
  • Influenza: Hong Kong

December 14, 2001

  • E.coli Infection: New Brunswick
  • Clostridium sordellii Infection: Minnesota (Update)
  • Ebola Virus Infection: Gabon

December 7, 2001

  • Anthrax (Historical Cases): Canada
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Past Exposure to Conventional Vaccines: Canada
  • Tularemia: Massachusetts
November 30, 2001
  • E.coli O157:H7 phage type 32: Ontario
  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Encephalitis/Meningitis: United States
  • Pertussis: Arkansas
  • Inhalation Anthrax: Connecticut

November 23, 2001

  • Tularemia : New Brunswick
  • Clostridium Infection: Minnesota
  • Echovirus 18: Alaska
  • (Imported Case of) Yellow Fever: Belgium

November 16, 2001

  • Influenza: Canada and the United States
  • Influenza A: British Columbia
  • Inhalational Anthrax: United States

November 9, 2001

  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Supplememtary Statement on Influenza Vaccine
  • West Nile Virus: Cayman Islands, Caribbean
  • Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infection: United Kingdom

November 2, 2001

  • E.coli: Ontario (Follow-up)
  • Anthrax: United States
  • Syphilis: Germany
October 26, 2001
  • The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Statement on Meningococcal Vaccines
  • Group C Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Canada
  • Salmonellosis: Washington, D.C.

October 19, 2001

  • Salmonella Stanley and Salmonella Newport: Canada, Australia, United Kingdom
  • Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 5c: England
  • Clostridium botulinum: Scotland

October 12, 2001

  • West Nile (WN) Virus: Canada
  • Influenza Immunization Program: Ontario
  • Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection: British Columbia

October 5, 2001

  • Invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease: British Columbia
  • Shigellosis: California
  • Shigellosis: Iowa

September 28, 2001

  • Cryptosporidiosis: Manitoba
  • Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection: Quebec
  • Clostridium perfringens Infection in an Injection Drug User: British Columbia

September 21, 2001

  • Meningitis Vaccination: Quebec
  • Syphilis: France
  • Aseptic Viral Meningitis: Germany

September 14, 2001

  • Needs Assessment for Guidelines to Prevent Nosocomial Pneumonia: Canada
  • Injection Drug Use: British Columbia
  • Vaccination Against Meningococcal C Disease : British Columbia

September 7, 2001

  • Cryptococcus neoformans: British Columbia
  • Salmonella enterica serotype Bovismorbificans: Denmark
  • Salmonella enterica serotype Bovismorbificans: Australia

August 31, 2001

  • E. coli: New Brunswick
  • Infection with Recombinant Vaccinia-Rabies Glycoprotein Virus: Ohio
  • Salmonella Typhimurium Definitive Phage Type (DT) 104: United Kingdom (Update)

August 24, 2001

  • West Nile (WN) virus: Canada
  • Botulism : British Columbia
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection: Canada

August 17, 2001

  • Lyme Disease: Manitoba
  • Re-use of Single-use Medical Devices: Canada
  • West Nile Virus Infection: Florida and New York

August 10, 2001

  • Hepatitis A: British Columbia
  • Pseudomonas Hot-Foot Syndrome: Alberta
  • Brucellosis: Arkansas

August 3, 2001

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection: Canada
  • Salmonella Typhimurium definitive phage type 104: Sweden
  • Salmonella Typhimurium definitive phage type 104: Australia
July 27, 2001
  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Canada
  • Type C Meningococcus Vaccine: Quebec
  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): British Columbia

July 20, 2001

  • Meningococcal Disease: Ontario
  • Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI): Nunavut
  • Necrotising Fasciitis: Scotland

July 13, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Alberta
  • Aedes albopictus (the Tiger) Mosquito: Canada and the United States

July 6, 2001

  • Shigella Sonnei Infection: British Columbia
  • Foodborne Illness: Saskatchewan
  • Meningococcal Immunization: Alberta
  • West Nile Virus (WNV): Canada

June 29, 2001

  • Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis: Canada
  • E. coli O157:H7 Infection: Virginia
  • Lyme Disease: United States

June 22, 2001

  • Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis : Ontario
  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections: United States
  • Meningococcal Disease: United States

June 15, 2001

  • Cryptosporidiosis: Ohio and Nebraska
  • Acute Neurological Syndrome: Bangladesh
  • Shigella sonnei Infection: United Kingdom

June 8, 2001

  • Influenza and Pneumococcal Pneumonia Vaccination: Canada
  • Influenza Vaccination: Alberta
  • Q Fever: Newfoundland

June 1, 2001

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD): Washington State
  • Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Salmonella Enterica Infection: Oregon
  • Invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Infection: Sweden

May 25, 2001

  • Salmonella Poona: California
  • Mycobacteriosis: California
  • Serratia liquefaciens Infection: United States
  • Influenza A(H5N1) Virus: Hong Kong

May 18, 2001

  • Infectious Tuberculosis: Kansas
  • Tuberculosis: United Kingdom (UK)

May 11, 2001

  • Cryptosporidiosis: Saskatchewan
  • Cryptosporidium parvum: New York State
  • Cryptosporidiosis: Northern Ireland
  • Human Foot and Mouth Disease: United Kingdom (UK)

May 4, 2001

  • Escherichia O157:H7 Infection: Washington and Pennsylvania
  • Typhoid: New Conjugate Vaccine
  • Varicella Vaccine: United States

April 27, 2001

  • Infectious Syphilis: New York City
  • Syphilis: California
  • Meningococcal Meningitis: United Kingdom

April 20, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Canada
  • Pneumococcal Disease: United States
  • Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccines: Sweden

April 12, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Ontario
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Canada
  • Measles: Australia

April 6, 2001

  • Meningococcal Infection: Manitoba
  • Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W-135: France, the Netherlands, Germany
  • Poliomyelitis: Dominican Republic and Haiti

March 30, 2001

  • Influenza B: Cruise Ship
  • Influenza: United Kingdom
  • Influenza: Japan

March 23, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Saskatchewan
  • Chickenpox Vaccination: Alberta
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Canada

March 16, 2001

  • Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria : Canada
  • Malaria: Canada
  • Malaria: United States

March 9, 2001

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection: Canada
  • Varicella: Quebec
  • Enteropathogens: United States

March 2, 2001

  • Influenza Vaccine Composition for 2001-2002 Season: Northern Hemisphere
  • Influenza Prophylaxis: United States
  • Influenza: United Kingdom (Update)

February 23, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD): Manitoba
  • Abiotrophia Species: United States
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection: Switzerland

February 16, 2001

  • Meningococcal Immunization Program: Alberta
  • Measles: Washington State
  • Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF): Uganda (Update)

February 9, 2001

  • Influenza: United States
  • Influenza: England
  • Septicemia: United States

February 2, 2001

  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection: New York
  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection: New York and Connecticut
  • Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium: United States

January 26, 2001

  • Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Alberta
  • Chlamydia Trachomatis: Scandanavia

January 19, 2001

  • Influenza Immunization: Ontario
  • Meningococcal Disease: Quebec
  • Poliomyelitis: Dominican Republic and Haiti

January 12, 2001

  • Pneumococcal Immunization Program: British Columbia
  • Exemptors From Immunization: United States
  • Group A Rotavirus Infection: Washington, D.C.
  • Group C Meningococcal Disease: United Kingdom (UK)

January 5, 2001

  • Listeria monocytogenes (LM): United States
  • E. coli O157:H7: Pennsylvania
  • Falciparum Malaria: The Gambia, West Africa