Public Health Agency of Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Share this page

Infectious Diseases News Brief

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

December 20, 2002

  • Botulism: Quebec
  • Chickenpox Vaccine: Nova Scotia
  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza: United States

December 13, 2002

  • Norwalk Virus: Canada
  • Gastrointestinal Illness: United States (Update)
  • Salmonella Enteritidis: England and Wales
  • Acute Respiratory Illness: Democratic Republic of the Congo

December 6, 2002

  • E. coli O157:H7: Prince Edward Island (Update)
  • Influenza: Texas
  • Malaria: Australia
  • Rabies: Scotland

November 29, 2002

  • Norwalk-like Virus: Ontario
  • Norwalk-like Virus: United States
  • Salmonella Serotype Poona: United States and Canada
  • Hepatitis C: Nebraska

November 22, 2002

  • Serogroup A Meningococcal Disease: Canada
  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection: United States (Update)
  • Influenza: Madagascar
  • Wound Botulism: England

November 15, 2002

  • E. coli O157:H7: Prince Edward Island
  • Bubonic Plague: New York
  • Primary and Secondary Syphilis: United States
  • Fungal Meningitis: North Carolina

November 8, 2002

  • West Nile (WN) Virus Surveillance: Canada (Update)
  • Surveillance Case Definitions for Possible Agents of Bioterrorism: Canada
  • Pertussis: Vermont

November 1, 2002

  • Universal Influenza Immunization Program: Ontario
  • Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Quebec
  • Listeriosis: United States (Update)
  • Q Fever: United Kingdom

October 25, 2002

  • Oculorespiratory Syndrome (ORS): Canada
  • West Nile Virus: Alberta
  • West Nile Virus: Western Hemisphere

October 18, 2002

  • Salmonellosis: Alberta
  • Listeriosis: British Columbia
  • Salmonellosis: United States
  • Salmonellosis: United Kingdom

October 11, 2002

  • Salmonellosis: Ontario
  • West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection: United States
  • E. coli O157:H7 Infection: Wisconsin
  • Listeriosis (Update): United States

October 4, 2002

  • Lyme Disease: Nova Scotia
  • Listeria Outbreak: United States (Update)
  • Syphilis: New York
  • Human Rabies: Tennessee
  • Diphtheria: Paraguay

September 27, 2002

  • West Nile (WN) virus Surveillance - Canada (Update)
  • Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) and West Nile virus (WNV) Infection: United States
  • West Nile virus (WNV) Transmission Via Organ Transplant: United States (Update)

September 20, 2002

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Listeriosis: United States
  • West Nile Virus: United States
  • Q Fever: France

September 13, 2002

  • West Nile (WN)Virus: Canada (Update)
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Supplementary Statement for the 2002-2003 Influenza Season on Oculo-Respiratory Syndrome: Canada
  • Influenza Epidemic: Madagascar

September 6, 2002

  • Blastomycosis: Canada (Toronto)
  • West Nile Virus Infection: Ontario
  • West Nile (WN) Virus Transmission Via Organ Transplant: United States
  • West Nile (WN) Virus: United States (Update)

August 30, 2002

  • E. coli Outbreak: Canada
  • Listeria: Canada
  • Influenza: Canada (Update)
  • Outbreak of E. coli O157 (VTEC) and Campylobacter spp: North Wales

August 23, 2002

  • West Nile virus Surveillance: Canada (Update)
  • Hepatitis A: Ontario
  • Legionnaires' Disease: England
  • Dengue/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever: Ecuador

August 16, 2002

  • Influenza Vaccination for the 2002-2003 Season: Canada
  • West Nile (WN) virus Activity: United States (Update)
  • Legionnaires' Disease: Vermont
  • E. coli O157:H7: Colorado (Update)

August 9, 2002

  • Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD): Canada
  • West Nile virus Surveillance 2002: Canada (Update)
  • Outbreak of Norwalk Virus: Alaska/British Columbia (Update)

August 2, 2002

  • Bacterial Meningitis: United States and Canada
  • Norwalk-like Virus: Canada
  • Norwalk-like Virus: British Columbia and Alaska
  • Viral Meningitis/Encephalitis: Manitoba

July 26, 2002

  • Respiratory Viruses: Canada
  • West Nile Virus: United States
  • Syphilis: United Kingdom
  • Synthetic Poliovirus: Global

July 19, 2002

  • E.coli O157:H7: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
  • E. coli O157:H7: Colorado
  • Human Brucellosis: California
  • Dengue/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: El Salvador

July 12, 2002

  • Adverse Events Related to Meningococcal Immunization: Alberta
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: United States
  • Polio Eradication: Europe

July 5, 2002

  • The Sixth Canadian Immunization Guide: Canada
  • Coxiella burnetii Infection: Canada
  • Measles: Italy

June 28, 2002

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Norwalk-like Virus Infection: British Columbia and Alaska
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection: United States

June 21, 2002

  • Shigella sonnei Infection: Ontario (Update)
  • Influenza (2001-2002 Season): United States
  • Norwalk-like virus (NLV) Infection: England
  • Acute Hemorrhagic Fever: The Republic of the Congo

June 14, 2002

  • Cryptococcal Disease: British Columbia
  • E. coli O157:H7: Canada
  • 5th Canadian National Immunization Conference: Canada

June 7, 2002

  • West Nile virus Surveillance 2002: Canada
  • CPSP 2001 Results: Canada
  • Kidney Dialysis and Algal Blooms: Canada

May 31, 2002

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Infection Control Guidelines: Canada
  • Consumption of Fiddleheads: Canada

May 24, 2002

  • Shigellosis: Canada
  • Pneumococcal Vaccine: Alberta
  • Neurologic Illness Associated with Eating Pufferfish: Florida

May 17, 2002

  • Salmonella Poona: Canada
  • Pertussis: United States (via Russia)
  • Sorbitol-fermenting E. coli O157:H-: Germany
  • Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever: Gabon (Update)

May 10, 2002

  • Pertussis: Canada
  • Pertussis Deaths: United Kingdom
  • Tetanus: England

May 3, 2002

  • Tuberculosis: Ontario (Update)
  • New Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD): United States (via United Kingdom)
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Norway
  • Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Greece

April 26, 2002

  • Tuberculosis: Ontario
  • Tuberculosis: Quebec
  • Yellow Fever: United States (via Brazil)

April 19, 2002

  • Hepatitis A : British Columbia (Update)
  • Influenza : Canada
  • Meningitis Activity : Africa

April 12, 2002

  • Hepatitis A: British Columbia
  • Meningococcal Vaccine: Alberta
  • Salmonella Newport: California

April 5, 2002

  • Salmonella Oranienburg : Canada (Update)
  • Dengue Fever : Latin America
  • Ebola: Gabon & the Republic of the Congo (Update)

March 28, 2002

  • Listeriosis: British Columbia (Update)
  • Tuberculosis (TB): Canada
  • Food Safety Network: Ontario

March 22, 2002

  • Infectious Syphilis: British Columbia (B.C.)
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae Conjunctivitis: New Hampshire
  • Clostridium sordellii Infection: United States (Update)

March 15, 2002

  • Influenza: Canada
  • New WHO Guide for Travellers: Geneva
  • Gastroenteritis: Ireland

March 8, 2002

  • Invasive Meningococcal Infection : Alberta (Update)
  • Listeria monocytogenes: Ontario
  • Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) : Statement on Travellers and Rabies Vaccine (Advisory Committee Statement (ACS))

March 1, 2002

  • Listeriosis : British Columbia (Update)
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Update to Statement on Varicella Vaccine
  • Hospital-Acquired Malaria: England

February 22, 2002

  • Meningococcal C Infection: Alberta
  • Listeriosis: British Columbia
  • Infectious Syphilis: Canada
  • Syphilis: United Kingdom

February 15, 2002

  • Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Canadians Traveling to the Caribbean
  • Influenza Vaccine Composition, 2002-2003 Season: Northern Hemisphere
  • Influenza A(H1N2): England, Israel, Egypt
  • Ebola: Gabon & the Republic of the Congo

February 8, 2002

  • Influenza B: Canada
  • Committee on Immunization (NACI): Statement on Smallpox Vaccination
  • Smallpox (Historical): Canada
  • Norwalk-like Virus: Scotland

February 1, 2002

  • Influenza A and B: Canada
  • Hepatitis A: Ontario
  • Invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) Infection: British Columbia

January 28, 2002

  • Salmonella Oranienberg: Canada
  • Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome: United States
  • Norwalk-like Virus Infection: England and Wales
  • Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A Infection: Somalia

January 18, 2002

  • Hepatitis B Virus Infection: New York City
  • Influenza: United States
  • Influenza: United Kingdom
  • Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Gabon, Republic of the Congo

January 11, 2002

  • Hepatitis A Status: Canada
  • Meningococcal Meningitis: Nebraska
  • Measles Elimination: The Americas
  • MMR Vaccine & Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs): United Kingdom

January 4, 2002

  • E. coli Outbreak : Saskatchewan
  • Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), & HIV: Canada
  • Ebola Virus Infection : Gabon (Update)
  • West Nile Virus: New York City