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Public Health Agency of Canada - Updates from the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) weekly - February 3, 2011 - Volume 5 - Issue 5
2008 estimate of worldwide rotavirus-associated mortality in children younger than 5 years before the introduction of universal rotavirus vaccination programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Projected life expectancy of people with HIV according to timing of diagnosis - Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada - Week ending January 28, 2011
The Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System reports on respiratory viruses in Canada. Each week, selected laboratories report numbers of tests performed and numbers positive for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Parainfluenza, and Adenovirus to the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases (CIRID), Public Health Agency of Canada. - Procedures for Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres in Canada - new manual now available
Procedures for Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres in Canada is targeted to heath care providers in Canada who wish to have their health care sites designated as Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres and to those who already work at designated sites. - Biosafety Advisory: Efficiently Transmissible Engineered Influenza A H5N1 Viruses
This biosafety advisory is being provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in response to recent publications of efficiently transmissible engineered Influenza A H5N1 viruses. The Pathogen Regulation Directorate (PRD) has developed this advisory based on current scientific evidence available on this pathogen and is subject to review and change as more information becomes available. The Risk Group (RG) of efficiently transmissible Influenza A H5N1 viruses is RG4. - Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) weekly - January 27, 2011 - Volume 5 - Issue 4
Entry Point for Hepatitis C Infection Identified; The Number Needed to Vaccinate to Prevent Infant Pertussis Hospitalization and Death Through Parent Cocoon Immunization - CJD-Surveillance System
Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported by CJDSS; CJD Cases Reported by CJDSS; CJD Cases Reported by Province; Incidence of CJD Cases Reported by CJDSS in Canada - News Release - Government of Canada Funds Yukon HPV Awareness Project
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced a community-based project to raise awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection among young women, their partners and families. - Respiratory Virus Detections/Isolations in Canada - Week ending January 21, 2011
The Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System reports on respiratory viruses in Canada. Each week, selected laboratories report numbers of tests performed and numbers positive for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Parainfluenza, and Adenovirus to the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases (CIRID), Public Health Agency of Canada. - Measles: Global Update
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reminds travellers to make sure their measles vaccination is up-to-date.