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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
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