Community Acquired Infections Division

Articles by Division Members

• Hepatitis C
• Sexual Health and STI
  (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Tuberculosis
  (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Influenza / SARS
• Other Communicable Diseases

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Influenza / SARS

• Ofner-Agostini M, Wallington T, Henry B, Low D, McDonald LC, Berger L, Mederski B, the SARS Investigative Team and Wong T. Investigation of the second wave (Phase 2) of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada. What happened? CCDR 1 February 2008;34(2).
• Wong T, Wallington T, McDonald LC, Abbas Z, Christian M, Low DE, Gravel D, Ofner M, Mederski B, Berger L, Hansen L, Harrison C, King A, Yaffe B, Tam T. Late Recognition of SARS in Nosocomial Outbreak, Toronto. Emerging Infect Dis 2005 Feb;11(2):322-5.
• Loutfy Mr, Wallington T, Rutledge T, Mederski B, Rose K, Kwolke S, McRitchie D, Ali A, Wolff B, While D, Glassman E, Ofner M, Low DE, Berger L, McGeer A, Wong T, Baron D, Berall G. Hospital Preparedness and SARS . Emergering Infectious Diseases 2004;10(5):771-776.
• Skowronski D, King A, Tam T, Wong T, Brammer L, Teates K, Harper S, Klimov A, Bhat N. Update: Influenza Activity - United States, 2003-04 Season . MMWR 2004;53(13):284-287.
• Weir E, Wong T, Gemmill I. Avian influenza outbreak: update . CMAJ 2004;170(5):785-786.
• Christian MD, Loufty M, McDonald LC, Martinez KF, Ofner M, Wong T, Wallington T, Gold WL, Mederski B, Green K, Low DE. Possible SARS Coronavirus Transmission during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation . Toronto, Ontario (2004). Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10(2):287-293.
• SARS Investigation Team - CDC, Wallington T, Berger L, Henry B, Shahin R, Yaffe B, Mederski B, Berall G, Christian M, McGeer A, Low D, Wong T, Tam T, Ofner M, Hansen L, Gravel D, King A. Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Toronto, Canada, 2003 . Canada Communicable Disease Report 2003;29-13:113-117.

Other Communicable Diseases

• Chen L, Liu F, Fan X, Gao J, Chen N, Wong T, Wu J, Wen S. Detection of hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B core antigen, and hepatitis B virus DNA in parotid tissues . International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jan 2009;13(1):20-23.
• Wandong Z, Wu J, Li Y, Clarke RC, Wong T. The in vitrobioassay systems for amplification and detection of abnormal prion PrPSc in blood and tissues . Transfusion Medicine Reviews. July 2008;(22)3:234-242 .
• Choi BCK, Morrison H, Wong T, Wu J, Yan Y-P. Speaker’s corner. Bringing chronic disease epidemiology and infectious disease epidemiology back together . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2007;61(9):802.