March 11, 2011 - Volume 4 - Issue 10

Report

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a Canadian resident

Infectious Diseases News Brief

• Group B Strep Is Still Main Cause Of Bacterial Meningitis In Newborns
• Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007

FluWatch

• February 27 to March 5, 2011 (Week 09)
  In week 09, influenza activity continues mostly in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. The number of outbreaks reported decreased in week 09.