Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

Publications and Educational Materials

• Articles by Section members
• Educational Resources
• Guidelines & Standards
• National TB Conferences/ Workshop Reports
• Travel Health

Articles by Section members

2006

• Phypers M, Harris T, Power C. CNS tuberculosis: A longitudinal analysis of epidemiological and clinical features. Int. J. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2006; 10(1):99-103.

2005

• Deeks SL, Clark M, Scheifele DW, Law BJ, Dawar M, Ahmadipour N, Walop W, Ellis CE, King A. Serious adverse events associated with bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine in Canada. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2005; 24(6):538-541.
• Lem M, Zverev I, Tardif D, Ellis E. Economic analysis of the implications of BCG discontinuation in the Canadian First Nations population. Int. J. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2005; 9(11) Suppl. 1: S296.
• Smith JM, Stirling R, Ellis E, Lavigne SA. Burden of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Canadian Federal Penitentiaries 1998 to 2001. Int. J. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2005; 9(11) Suppl. 1: S106.

2004

• Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World - Third Global Report. Geneva, Switzerland. (E. Ellis, M. Phypers - contributing member of the working group). The WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, 1999-2002. World Health Organization Stop TB Department, 2004.
• Fanning A, Billo N, Tannenbaum T, Phypers M, Little C, Graham B, Mill J. Stop TB-Halte à la Tuberculose-Canada: engaging industrialised nations in the challenge to meet global targets. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004 January;8(1):147-150.

2003

• Menzies D. Commentary. Screening immigrants to Canada for tuberculosis: Chest radiography or tuberculin skin testing? CMAJ November 11, 2003;169(10).
  
• Menzies D for the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee and its Immigration Subcommittee (E. Ellis member of each). Chest radiography versus tuberculin skin testing for tuberculosis screening of immigrants to Canada. CMAJ 2003 November 11;169(10):1035-1036. Appendix.
• Long R, Houston S, Hershfield E for the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee (E. Ellis member). Recommendations for screening and prevention of tuberculosis in patients with HIV and for screening for HIV in patients with tuberculosis and their contacts. CMAJ 2003 October 14;169(8):789-791.
• Phypers M. Pediatric tuberculosis in Canada. CCDR. 2003 August 15;29-16:139-142.
• Heywood N, Kawa B, Long R, Njoo H, Panaro L, Wobeser W on behalf of the Immigration Subcommittee (E. Ellis member) of the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee. Guidelines for the investigation and follow-up of individuals under medical surveillance for tuberculosis after arriving in Canada: a summary. CMAJ 2003 June10;168(12):1563-1565.
• Phypers M. Tuberculosis among the foreign-born in Canada. CCDR 2003 January 15;29-02.

2002

• Long R, Houston S, Hershfield ES and members of the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee (E. Ellis member). Recommendations for the screening and prevention of tuberculosis in patients with HIV and the screening for HIV in tuberculosis patients and their contacts. Canadian Communicable Disease Report 2002 December15;28-ACS-7.

2001

• Phypers MD, Panaro L, Nault P. Tuberculosis drug resistance in Canada, 1998 to 2000. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology 2001 May/June;12(3).

Educational Resources

• An algorithm to aid interpretation of the tuberculin skin test(available in English only)
• Recognition of BCG Scars. Hershfield E, Roche B. Tuberculosis Research Unit, University of Manitoba, 2004.
• Tuberculosis Images:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • World Lung Foundation
• International Cultural Profiles
• International Standards for Tuberculosis Care and the Patients Charter for Tuberculosis Care(World Care Council) (April 2006)
• International Tuberculosis Incidence Rates (March 2006)
• Management of a Tuberculosis Exposure in an Oncology Hospital. Canada Communicable Disease Report. (CCDR). 2005 July 15;31-14.
• Stop TB Canada Newsletter
• BCG Vaccine Usage in Canada - Current and Historical (September 2004)
• Tuberculosis - Information for Health Care Providers Third Edition 2003. Ontario Lung Association 2003
• Teaching Kits: HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB and Hepatitis. Chee Mamuk, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (December 2004).
• Canadian Medical Association Journal Tuberculosis Series (13 articles), 1999-2000. (February 2000)
• TB Advocacy Report 2003: The Human Face of TB. WHO
• Special Reports from the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee
  • Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Among the Foreign-born in Canada (2002)
  • Paediatric Tuberculosis in Canada (2001)
  • Tuberculosis among the Foreign-Born in Canada (2000)
  • Tuberculosis in Canadian-born Aboriginal Peoples (1999)
• Presentation-style figures based on the 2002 Tuberculosis data. Public Health Agency of Canada. (18 slides)
• TB Education and Training Resource Guide, CDC National Prevention Information Network
• TB Education and Training Resources, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC
• TB Education and Training Network, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC

Guidelines & Standards

• Guidelines regarding departure from Canada of persons with suspected respiratory tuberculosis (TB), untreated active respiratory TB or partially treated active respiratory TB - (Version 2006.07.18)
• Statement on Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) Vaccine. CCDR 2004 Dec 1;30(ACS-5).
• Guidelines for the investigation and follow-up of individuals under medical surveillance for tuberculosis after arriving in Canada: a summary. CMAJ 2003 June;168 (12).
• Recommendations for the Screening and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV and the Screening for HIV in Tuberculosis Patients and Their Contacts. Advisory Committee Statement, CCDR 2002 December;28 (ACS-7).
• Canadian guidelines for the investigation and follow-up of individuals under medical surveillance for tuberculosis after arrival in Canada. CCDR 2001 October;27-19.
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances. Office of Laboratory Safety. Health Canada. 2001 March.
• Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 5th Edition. Canadian Lung Association/Canadian Thoracic Society and Health Canada. 2000.
• Management strategies for candidates for protease inhibitors and requiring treatment for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. CCDR 1998 May;24-10.
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and other Institutional Settings. CCDR 1996 April;22S1.

National TB Conferences/ Workshop Reports

• Proceedings of the National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis December 3-5, 1997. CCDR. 1998 June;24S2.
• National Consultation on the role of LCDC in Tuberculosis Prevention and Control (1994)

Travel Health

• WHO TB and Air Travel Guidelines - 2nd Edition (2006)
• Reporting Form for a Passenger with Infectious TB on an Aircraft
  (December 2004)
• The risk and prevention of TB in Travellers. CCDR 1997 Nov;23(ACS-5).
• Tuberculosis screening and the international traveller. CCDR 1996 Sept; 22-18.
• Travel Medicine Program www.TravelHealth.gc.ca
• International Travel and Health, WHO