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Canada Communicable Disease Report

Volume 31-25
15 December 2005

INDEX 2005

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Volume 31 of the Canada Communicable Disease Report comprises of 24 biweekly issues, 13 Advisory Committee Statements, and three other supplements.

6th Canadian Immunization Conference - Oral Scientific Abstracts: epidemiology of hospitalized pertussis after change from whole-cell to acellular pertussis vaccine 161; cost effectiveness of universal hepatitis A vaccination for adolescents and children in Canada 162; Canadian children hospitalized for influenza at Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT) Centres, 2003-4 163; measuring long-term immunity after hepatitis B vaccination in pre- teens 164; one arm or two? Concurrent administration of meningococcal C conjugate and hepatitis B vaccines in pre-teens 165; vaccine coverage of 2-year-old children in Montreal - 2003 166  

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): persons who fail to disclose their HIV/AIDS status: conclusions reached by an expert working group 53 (erratum 91 )  

Adverse Events: active hospital-based surveillance for meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine adverse events after an emergency mass immunization program, 126; enhanced surveillance for vaccine-associated adverse events: dTap catch-up of high school students 117; in Edmonton 126, in the Yukon 117  

Announcements: Community and Hospital Infection Control Association - Canada (CHICA-Canada) 71, 83; new CCDR supplements 248  

Drug-Resistant Organisms: drug-resistant tuberculosis among the foreign-born 46; emergence of quinolone-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 193; surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals - a report update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 33; in Canada 46, 193  

Encephalitis: Japanese encephalitis in a U.S. traveller returning from Thailand, 2004 157  

Escherichia coli: an investigation of two simultaneous E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks in Health Region 3, August to September 2003 229; an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with a children's water spray park and identified by two rounds of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis testing 133; in New Brunswick 229

Foodborne Infections: an investigation of two simultaneous E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks in Health Region 3, August to September 2003 229; outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with eating Roma tomatoes, 2004 225; restaurant foodhandler-associated outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg gastroenteritis identified by calls to a local telehealth service, 2004 105; Salmonella enteritidis outbreak linked to a local bakery 73; Salmonella serotype Typhimurium outbreak associated with commercially processed egg salad - 2003 110; in British Columbia 73, in Canada 225, in New Brunswick 229, in Oregon 110, in the United States 225

Gastroenteritis: gastroenteritis outbreak among Canadian Forces members: August 2003 141; restaurant foodhandler-associated outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg gastroenteritis identified by calls to a local telehealth service, 2004 105; in Bosnia-Herzegovina 141

Hantavirus: two cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - July 2004 101; in West Virginia 101

Health and Disasters: epidemic-prone disease surveillance and response after the tsunami in Aceh Province 177; health concerns associated with disaster victim identification after a tsunami - 26 December, 2004 - 31 March, 2005 169; in Indonesia 177, in Thailand 169

Hepatitis: a review of provincial/territorial strategies for hepatitis A pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis 197

Histoplasmosis: locally acquired histoplasmosis cluster, 2003 255; in Alberta 255

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): persons who fail to disclose their HIV/AIDS status: conclusions reached by an expert working group 53 (erratum 91 )

Immunization: immunization coverage against invasive pneumococcal disease among children in the Capital Health region 65; national standards for immunization coverage assessment: recommendations from the Canadian Immunization Registry Network 93; in Alberta 65

Influenza: 2003-2004 season 1; epidemiologic profile of a new H3N2 variant of influenza A mismatched to vaccine, 2003-2004 influenza season 21; oculo-respiratory syndrome following influenza vaccination: review of post-marketing surveillance through four influenza seasons 217 (erratum 225 ); surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospital admission in adults, metropolitan Toronto and Peel region, 2004-2005 influenza season 249; in Canada 1, 217

Malaria: transmission of malaria in resort areas - 2004 97; Dominican Republic 97

Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever; update 174, in Angola 174

Meningitis: active hospital-based surveillance for meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine adverse events after an emergency mass immunization program 126; bacterial meningitis: hospitalizations (1994-2001) 241; in Canada 241, in Edmonton 126

Notifiable Diseases Summary: Vol. 31-05, 31-06, 31-19, 31-22

Oculo-respiratory Syndrome: oculo-respiratory syndrome following influenza vaccination: review of post-marketing surveillance through four influenza seasons 217 (erratum 225 ); in Canada 217

Outbreak News: avian influenza 31-05, 31-06, 31-08, 31-09, 31-10, 31-11, 31-17, 31-24 ; Marburg haemorrhagic fever; poliomyelitis - update; poliomyelitis outbreak spreads across Yemen: case confirmed; in Angola, in Cambodia, in Indonesia 31-16, 31-17, 31-24, in Vietnam 31-05, 31-06 , 31-08, 31-09, 31-10, 31-11

Pertussis: enhanced surveillance for vaccine-associated adverse events: dTap catch-up of high school students; pertussis: 1991-2004; in Newfoundland and Labrador, in the Yukon

Pneumococcal Infections: immunization coverage against invasive pneumococcal disease among children in the Capital Health region 65 (addendum 115 ); in Alberta 65

Salmonella: outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with eating Roma tomatoes, 2004 225; restaurant foodhandler- associated outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg gastroenteritis identified by calls to a local telehealth service, 2004 105; Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to a local bakery 73; Salmonella serotype Typhimurium outbreak associated with commercially processed egg salad - 2003 110; in British Columbia 73, in Canada 225, in Edmonton 105, in Oregon 110, in the United States 225

Shigellosis: emergence of quinolone-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 193; outbreak of Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei enterolocilitis in men who have sex with men, 1999 to 2001 85; in Canada 193, in Quebec 85

Staphylococcus Infections: surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals - a report update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 33

Surveillance: active hospital-based surveillance for meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine adverse events after an emergency mass immunization program 126; enhanced surveillance for vaccine-associated adverse events: dTap catch-up of high school students 117; surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospital admission in adults, metropolitan Toronto and Peel region, 2004-2005 influenza season 249; surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals - a report update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program 33, inEdmonton 126, in the Yukon 117

Tuberculosis: drug-resistant tuberculosis among the foreign-born 46; management of a tuberculosis exposure in an oncology hospital 149, 209; tuberculosis in Canada 2002: executive summary 45; in Canada 46

Vaccine: effectiveness of vaccine against medical consultation due to laboratory-confirmed influenza: results from a sentinel physician pilot project, 2004-2005 181; epidemiologic profile of a new H3N2 variant of influenza A mismatched to vaccine, 2003-2004 influenza season 21; in British Columbia 181

ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENTS

2005 CCDR SUPPLEMENTS

  • 31S1 Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease (May) 31S1, May 2005

  • 31S2 2002 Canadian Sexually Transmitted Infections Surveillance Report (June) 31S2, June 2005

  • 31S3 Management of Patients with West Nile Virus (WNV): Guidelines of Health Care Providers (December) 31S3, December 2005

 

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