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Infectious Diseases News Brief

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December 26, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza: United States
  • Syphilis: San Francisco

December 19, 2003

  • Women's Health Surveillance Report: Canada
  • Tuberculosis: Ontario
  • Pertussis: United States
  • Respiratory Illness: Columbia

December 12, 2003

  • Cryptosporidiosis: Vancouver Vicinity
  • Syphilis: United States
  • Clostridial Endophthalmitis After Cornea Transplantation: Florida
  • Tetanus in Injecting Drug Users (IDUs): England (Update)

December 5, 2003

  • Tuberculosis: Canada
  • Hepatitis A: United States (Update)
  • Escherichia coli O157 Infection: Ohio (Final Published Report)

November 28, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Tuberculosis (Pre-Release): Canada
  • Hepatitis A: Pennsylvania (Update)
  • Tetanus: England

November 21, 2003

  • Infection Control: Ontario
  • Hepatitis A: Pennsylvania
  • Rotavirus Gastroenteritis: Jamaica
  • Meningococcal Meningitis: Russia

November 14, 2003

  • Tuberculosis: Canada
  • International Immunization Initiative: Canada
  • Probable Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: United States

November 7, 2003

  • Infection Control: Ontario
  • Health Advisory: Ontario
  • Respiratory Diphtheria: United States
  • E. coli Outbreak (Update): California
  • Outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly (Update): Great Britain

October 31, 2003

  • Tuberculosis: Ontario
  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza: United States
  • Conjunctivitis: Latin America
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Ireland

October 24, 2003

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD): British Columbia
  • West Nile virus (Update): Canada
  • E. coli O157: California

October 17, 2003

  • Safer Injecting Facility (Pilot Project):Vancouver
  • Possible Viral Encephalitis: New York City
  • Cryptosporidiosis (Update): Kansas
  • Cryptosporidiosis: United Kingdom

October 10, 2003

  • Learning from SARS Report: Canada
  • National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) - Interim Report Card on Seniors: Canada
  • Hepatitis B: North Carolina
  • Pertussis: Illinois

October 3, 2003

  • E. coli O157:H7: New Brunswick
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) - Statement on the Recommended Use of Monoclonal Anti-RSV Antibody (Palivizumab): Canada
  • Hepatitis B and C: United States

September 26, 2003

  • Human West Nile Virus Infection: Yukon
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) - Statement on the Recommended Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Addendum): Canada
  • Guidelines for Sexual Health Education: Canada

September 19, 2003

  • Update of Quarantine Act: Canada
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement on the Prevention of Pertussis in Adolescents and Adults: Canada
  • Cryptosporidiosis: Kansas
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Singapore

September 12, 2003

  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Supplementary Statement on Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccines: Canada
  • Human West Nile Virus Infection (Update): Canada
  • Hepatitis A: United States
  • Viral Meningitis: North Carolina

September 5, 2003

  • Summary of a Nosocomial Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Ontario
  • Legionnaires' Disease: Delaware
  • Salmonella Bareilly: Scotland, England and Wales

August 29, 2003

  • Influenza Vaccination for the 2003-2004 Season: Canada
  • West Nile virus: Nova Scotia
  • Syphilis: Winnipeg (Update)
  • Eastern Equine Encephalitis: North Carolina

August 22, 2003

  • Influenza-Like Illness: British Columbia
  • West Nile virus: Canada (Update)
  • Syphilis: Ontario
  • Cryptosporidiosis: Spain

August 15, 2003

  • Group B Streptococcal Disease in Neonates: Alberta
  • Syphilis: Quebec
  • Syphilis: United Kingdom

August 8, 2003

  • West Nile virus: Canada
  • National Studies on Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (NSAGI): Canada
  • Lottery for Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Vaccines: Ontario
  • West Nile virus (WNv): United States

August 1, 2003

  • West Nile virus Infection: Saskatchewan
  • Chickenpox Vaccine Program: Nova Scotia
  • E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak: Ontario
  • Chlamydia: Alaska

July 25, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: Los Angeles County
  • Harm Reduction for Injecting Drug Users: United Kingdom

July 18, 2003

  • Survey of Malaria Reporting: Ontario and British Columbia
  • West Nile virus: South Carolina
  • Legionnaires' Disease: Delaware
  • Acute Flaccid Paralysis and West Nile Virus Infection: United States

July 11, 2003

  • West Nile virus: Canada
  • E. coli O157:H7: Ontario
  • Salmonella typhimurium: United States
  • Salmonella: United Kingdom

July 4, 2003

  • Proceedings of the 5th Canadian National Immunization Conference: Canada
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections: United Kingdom
  • Monkeypox: United States

June 27, 2003

  • Clinical Course and Management of SARS in Health Care Workers: Toronto
  • Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) 2002 Results: Canada
  • HIV/AIDS Cases: Massachusetts

June 20, 2003

  • Legionnaires' Disease: Canada
  • Monkeypox Infection: United States (Update)
  • Human Rabies: Virginia
  • Typhoid Fever: Haiti

June 13, 2003

  • Monkeypox Infection: United States
  • Interim Protocol for the Prevention/Management of SARS on Cruise Ships: Canada
  • Guidelines for the Investigation and Follow-up of Individuals under Medical Surveillance for Tuberculosis after arriving in Canada: A Summary

June 6, 2003

  • Salmonella, Campylobacter, pathogenic E.coli & Shigella: Canada
  • Hepatitis A Virus Infection: Manitoba (Update)
  • Modelling the costs/effects of a universal infant immunization program using conjugated pneumococcal vaccine: British Columbia

May 30, 2003

  • Hepatitis A Virus Infection: Manitoba
  • Meningococcal C Vaccination Program: Prince Edward Island
  • West Nile virus (WNV) Infection: Ontario (Historic)

May 23, 2003

  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): Alberta
  • Preliminary Report on the Ongoing Investigation into SARS: Canada and United States
  • Notifiable Diseases Annual Summary: Canada

May 16, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Shigellosis: Texas
  • Haemophilis influenzae type b: England and Wales
  • Cholera: Iraq

May 9, 2003

  • Influenza A: British Columbia
  • Influenza: United States
  • Smallpox Vaccine: United States
  • Global Eradication of Poliomyelitis: Europe

May 2, 2003

  • Infectious Syphilis: Winnipeg (Update)
  • Pertussis and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Vaccines: Ontario
  • Avian influenza: Netherlands

April 25, 2003

  • Hantavirus: Saskatchewan
  • Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: United States
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): The Netherlands
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): California

April 18, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Gonorrhoea: Canada
  • Gonorrhoea: England and Wales
  • Communicable Disease Outbreaks: African Region of WHO

April 11, 2003

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Canada and International (Update)
  • Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Canada
  • Salmonellosis: British Columbia
  • Influenza Vaccination: United States

April 4, 2003

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Canada and International (Update)
  • Cardiac Adverse Events Following Smallpox Vaccination: United States
  • Human Influenza A: The Netherlands
  • Poliomyelitis Eradication: Egypt

March 28, 2003

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Canada and International (Update)
  • Absence of Transmission of the d9 Measles Virus: Region of the Americas
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae: New Hampshire
  • Salmonella Saintpaul: Washington and Oregon

March 21, 2003

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Canada
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Multi-Country
  • Syphilis: British Columbia (Historic)

March 14, 2003

  • Human Rabies: British Columbia
  • Human West Nile Virus Infection: Ontario
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Ontario
  • Ocular Vaccinia in Contacts of Military Personnel Who Received Smallpox Vaccination: United States

March 7, 2003

  • Meningitis & Pneumonia Immunization Programs: British Columbia
  • National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement on Thimerosol: Canada
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): California
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Massachusetts

February 28, 2003

  • Ear Transplant Tissue: Canada/United States
  • Varicella Immunization Program: Prince Edward Island
  • Influenza A(H5N1): Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China (Update)
  • Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever: Republic of Congo

February 21, 2003

  • Infectious Syphilis: Winnipeg
  • Norwalk-Like Virus (NLV): Canada
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV)Infection: Canada
  • Influenza A(H5N1): Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

February 14, 2003

  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza B: United Kingdom
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: California
  • Lassa Fever: United Kingdom (ex Sierra Leone)

February 7, 2003

  • E. coli O157 Outbreak: Ontario (Update)
  • Pneumococcal Conjunctivitis: Maine
  • West Nile Virus Infection: New York City
  • Hepatitis A: Finland

January 31, 2003

  • E. coli Infection: Ontario
  • Salmonellosis: Washington and Idaho
  • Viral Hepatitis Infections: United States
  • Syphilis: England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

January 24, 2003

  • Suspect West Nile virus (WNv): British Columbia
  • E. coli O157:H7: Alberta (Update)
  • Influenza: Canada
  • Influenza: United States
  • Gastrointestinal Illness Aboard Cruise Ships: United States (Update)

January 17, 2003

  • Tuberculosis: Canada
  • Nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: United States
  • Influenza: New York City

January 10, 2003

  • E. coli O157:H7: Alberta
  • Mortality Associated With Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): United States
  • Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis: United States
  • Norwalk Virus Outbreaks on Cruise Ships: Caribbean

January 3, 2002

  • Gastrointestinal Illness: Manitoba
  • Hantavirus Infection: Saskatchewan & Alberta
  • Influenza Hospitalization Rates: Hong Kong
  • Norovirus (Norwalk-like virus): United Kingdom