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Volume: 24S3 - July 1998
Guidelines for the Control of Diphtheria in Canada
Prepared by the
Advisory Committee on Epidemiology
and the
Division of Immunization
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Health Protection Branch
Health Canada
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
PUBLIC-HEALTH ISSUES
STRATEGIES FOR DIPHTHERIA CONTROL
GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF CASES AND PREVENTION
OF SECONDARY TRANSMISSION
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
Acknowledgements
The following individuals or committees reviewed sections of the document
and provided much appreciated input to the development of these guidelines:
Mr. F. Cahoon, Timmins Public Health Laboratory, Timmins; Dr. J. Conly,
The Toronto Hospital, Toronto; Dr. F. Jamieson, Central Public Health
Laboratory, Toronto; Dr. D. Low, Mount Sinai and Princess Margaret Hospitals,
Toronto; Dr. N. McDonald, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa;
Ms. C. Mindorff, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa; Dr. E.
Prasad, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton; Dr. A. Ronald, St.
Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg; and the Technical Advisory Committee.
Correspondence and questions about the document may be directed to the
Division of Immunization, Bureau of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Centre
for Disease Control, Tunney's Pasture, PL0603E1, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2,
telephone (613) 957-1340, fax (613) 952-7948.
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