Monthly Issue

2005 - Volume 31

Volume 31-25, December 15, 2005

• Index

Volume 31-24, December 15, 2005

• Surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospital admission in adults, metropolitan Toronto and Peel region, 2004-2005 influenza season
• Locally acquired histoplasmosis cluster, Alberta, 2003
• Avian influenza, Indonesia - Update
• Poliomyelitis, Indonesia - Update
• Errata

Volume 31-23, December 1, 2005

• Bacterial meningitis in Canada: Hospitalizations (1994-2001)
• Announcement

Volume 31-22, November 15, 2005

• An investigation of two simultaneous E. coli O157:H7 out-breaks in Health Region 3, New Brunswick, August to September 2003
• Pertussis in Newfoundland and Labrador: 1991-2004
• Notifiable Diseases Summary

Volume 31-21, November 1, 2005

• Oculo-respiratory syndrome following influenza vaccination: Review of post-marketing surveillance through four influenza seasons in Canada
• Outbreaks of salmonella infections associated with eating Roma tomatoes - United States and Canada, 2004

Volume 31-20, October 15, 2005

• Management of a tuberculosis exposure in an oncology hospital

Volume 31-19, October 1, 2005

• Emergence of Quinolone-Resistant Schigella Dysenteriae Type 1 in Canada
• A Review of Provincial/Territorial Strategies for Hepatitis A Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
• Notifiable Diseases Summary

Volume 31-18, September 15, 2005

• Effectiveness of vaccine against medical consultation due to laboratory-confirmed influenza: results from a sentinel physician pilot project in British Columbia, 2004-2005

Volume 31-17, September 1, 2005

• Epidemic-Prone Disease Surveillance and Response After the Tsunami in Aceh Province, Indonesia
• Avian Influenza, Cambodia - Update

Volume 31-16, August 15, 2005

• Health concerns associated with disaster victim identification after a tsunami - Thailand, 26 December, 2004 - 31 March, 2005
• Poliomyelitis outbreak spreads across Yemen: case confirmed in Indonesia
• Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Angola - update

Volume 31-15, August 1, 2005

• 6th Canadian Immunization Conference - Oral Scientific Abstracts
  • Epidemiology of hospitalized pertussis after change from whole-cell to acellular pertussis vaccine
  • Cost effectiveness of universal hepatitis A vaccination for adolescents and children in Canada
  • Canadian children hospitalized for influenza at Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT) Centres, 2003-4
  • Measuring long-term immunity after hepatitis B vaccination in pre-teens
  • One arm or two? Concurrent administration of meningococcal C conjugate and hepatitis B vaccines in pre-teens
  • Vaccine coverage of 2-year-old children in Montreal - 2003

Volume 31-14, July 15, 2005

• Management of a Tuberculosis Exposure in an Oncology Hospital
• Japanese encephalitis in a U.S. traveller returning from Thailand, 2004

Volume 31-13, July 1, 2005

• Gastroenteritis outbreak among Canadian Forces members: Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 2003

Volume 31-12, June 15, 2005

• 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

Volume 31-11, June 1, 2005

• Enhanced surveillance for vaccine-associated adverse events: dTap catch-up of high school students in Yukon
• Active hospital-based surveillance for meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine adverse events after an emergency mass immunization program, Edmonton, Alberta
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam - Update

Volume 31-10, May 15, 2005

• Restaurant foodhandler-associated outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg gastroenteritis identified by calls to a local telehealth service, Edmonton, Alberta, 2004
• Salmonella serotype Typhimurium outbreak associated with commercially processed egg salad - Oregon, 2003
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam - Update
• Addendum
• Erratum

Volume 31-09, May 1, 2005

• National standards for immunization coverage assessment: recommendations from the canadian immunization registry network
• Transmission of malaria in resort areas - Dominican Republic, 2004
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam - Update
• Two cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - West Virginia, July 2004

Volume 31-08, April 15, 2005

• Outbreak of Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei enterocolitis in men who have sex with men, Quebec, 1999 to 2001
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam - Update
• Erratum

Volume 31-07, April 1, 2005

• Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Linked to a Local Bakery, British Columbia, Canada
• Announcement

Volume 31-06, March 15, 2005

• Immunization coverage against invasive pneumococcal disease among children in the capital health region of Alberta
• Notifiable Diseases Summary
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam - Update
• Announcement

Volume 31-05, March 1, 2005

• Persons who fail to disclose their HIV/AIDS status: Conclusions reached by an Expert Working Group
• Notifiable Diseases Summary
• Avian influenza, Viet Nam

Volume 31-04, February 15, 2005

• Tuberculosis in Canada 2002: Executive Summary
• Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Among the Foreign-born in Canada

Volume 31-03, February 1, 2005

• Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Canadian Hospitals - A Report Update from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
• Erratum

Volume 31-02, January 15, 2005

• Epidemiologic Profile of a New H3N2 Variant of Influenza A Mismatched to Vaccine, 2003-2004 Influenza Season

Volume 31-01, January 1, 2005

• Influenza in Canada: 2003-2004 Season
• Announcement

Advisory Committee Statements and Supplements to the CCDR

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Statement on Personal Protective Measures to Prevent Arthropod Bites - Update
ACS-13 - 1 December 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Updated Recommendations on the use of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines in Canada
ACS-12 - 1 December 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Statement On Travel, Influenza, And Prevention – Update
ACS-11 - 15 November 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Update On Influenza Vaccination For The 2005-2006 Season
ACS-10 - 1 November 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Statement on Cruise Ship Travel

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Interval Between Administration of Vaccines Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis
ACS-8 and 9 - 15 October 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) and National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Statement on New Oral Cholera and Travellers' Diarrhea Vaccination
ACS-7- 1 July 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Statement on Influenza Vaccination for the 2005-2006 Season
ACS-6 - 15 June 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Update on Rabies Vaccines
ACS-5 - 1 June 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Statement on Personal Protective Measures to Prevent Arthropod Bites
ACS-4 - 15 May 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Update on Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccines
ACS-3 - 15 April 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Statement on Travel, Influenza, and Prevention
ACS-2 - 15 March 2005

An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS)
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Interchangeability of Diphtheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Combination Vaccines Presently Approved for Use in Canada for Children < 7 Years of Age
ACS-1 - 1 February 2005

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