Monthly Issue

2004 - Volume 30

Volume 30-25, December 15, 2004

• Index

Volume 30-24, December 15, 2004

• Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance: a global platform for detecting and responding to priority infectious diseases

Volume 30-23, December 1, 2004

• At a glance: HIV/AIDS Surveillance to 30 June 2004
• Antibiotics in the management of shigellosis

Volume 30-22, November 15, 2004

• Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak at a summer hockey camp, Sudbury, 2004
• Revised WHO drinking-water guidelines to help prevent water-related outbreaks and disease
• Yellow fever, Venezuela

Volume 30-21, November 1, 2004

• Avian influenza, Thailand - Update
• Notifiable Diseases Summary
• Update: Investigation of rabies infections in organ donor and transplant recipients - Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, 2004
• Tenth informal consultation on the global polio laboratory network, 6-8 September 2004

Volume 30-20, October 15, 2004

• Petting zoo-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 - Secondary transmission, asymptomatic infection, and prolonged shedding in the classroom

Volume 30-19, October 1, 2004

• Thermal image scanners to detect fever in airline passengers, Vancouver and Toronto, 2003
• Smallpox vaccination of laboratory workers
• Epidemiology of measles - United States, 2001-2003

Volume 30-18, September 15, 2004

• Active surveillance for influenza infection in children; Stollery Children's Hospital, 2003-2004 season

Volume 30-17, September 1, 2004

• The rise of penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae - Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1998-2003
• International Note - Avian Influenza - Assessment of the current situation (30 July 2004)
• International Note - WHO web sites on infectious diseases - updated on 11 June 2004
• International Note - Cholera, 2003

Volume 30-16, August 15, 2004

• Hepatitis C virus transmission in the prison/inmate population

Volume 30-15, August 1, 2004

• Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 associated with bathing at a public beach in the Montreal-Centre Region
• A National Immunization Strategy
• Information on pan american health organization (PAHO) publications

Volume 30-14, July 15, 2004

• Sex differences in injecting practices and hepatitis C: a systematic review of the literature

Volume 30-13, July 1, 2004

• At a glance: HIV/AIDS surveillance to 31 December, 2003
• An introductory letter in advance of a telephone survey may increase response rate

Volume 30-12, June 15, 2004

• Effectiveness of inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in long-term care institutions, Toronto, 2003-2004

Volume 30-11, June 1, 2004

• Assessment of surveillance of human West Nile virus infection in Quebec, 2003
• Announcement
• Notifiable diseases summary

Volume 30-10, May 15, 2004

• Congratulations to CCDR
• Tuberculosis Drug Resistance: Summary Report for 2003
• Progress Towards Poliomyelitis Eradication in Nigeria, January 2003 to March 2004
• Update to the 2002 Canadian Immunization Guide

Volume 30-09, May 1, 2004

• Severe outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in health care institutions in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, fall, 2002

Volume 30-08, April 15, 2004

• An assessment for the development of a National Surveillance System for Travel-Acquired Enteric Disease

Volume 30-07, April 1, 2004

• An outbreak of Cryptosporidium parvum in a Surrey pool with detection in pool water sampling
• International Note - Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 11-12 June, 2003

Volume 30-06, March 15, 2004

• National eligible, due, and overdue guidelines for immunization registries: Draft recommendations from the Canadian Immunization Registry Network, Data Standards Task Group
• Clarification: Prevention of pertussis in adolescents and adults

Volume 30-05, March 1, 2004

• Measuring up: Results from the National Immunization Coverage Survey, 2002
• International Note - Commission publishes proposal for establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Volume 30-04, February 15, 2004

• Difficulties associated with pertussis surveillance
• Notifiable diseases summary
• Influenza vaccination

Volume 30-03, February 1, 2004

• Enhanced surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in Canada: 1 January, 1999, through 31 December, 2001

Volume 30-02, January 15, 2004

• Safety of revaccination of patients affected by the oculo-respiratory syndrome (ORS) following influenza vaccination

Volume 30-01, January 1, 2004

• Tuberculosis in Canada: 2002 pre-release
• Mass immunization campaign launched to protect 15 million children from polio, as outbreak in Nigeria spreads across West Africa

Advisory Committee Statements and Supplements to the CCDR

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement on Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) Vaccine ACS -5 - 1 December 2004 An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Recommendations for use of Pneumococcal 23-Valent Polysaccharide Vaccine During Shortage ACS -4 - 15 August 2004 An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement on Influenza Vaccination for the 2004-2005 Season ACS -3 - 15 June 2004 An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Update: Statement on Influenza Vaccination for the 2003-04 Season ACS-2 - 1 March 2004 An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Update on Varicella ACS-1 - 1 February 2004 Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers CCDR Volume 30S1, June 2004 Evaluation of the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program CCDR Volume 30S2, August 2004

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