• Expansion of the geographic range of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada is leading
to increasing numbers of endemic areas for Lyme disease.• Because the specificity of …

Background In Ontario, infectious gastrointestinal illness (IGI) reporting can be represented
by a linear model of several sequential steps required for a case to be captured in the …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the annual number of cases of illness due to verotoxigenic Escherichia
coli (VTEC), Salmonella and Campylobacter in the Canadian population, using data …

… Paul N Sockett … Majowicz SE, Hall G, Scallan E, Adak GK, Gauci C, Jones T, O'Brien S, Henao
O, Sockett PN: Development of a common symptom-based case definition … Paul N Sockett …

Canadian statistics show that children from birth to four years of age are more likely to be
reported with an infection from Campylobacter, Giardia, Salmonella and Shigella species, and …

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether over-the-counter (OTC) sales of gastrointestinal illness (GI)-related
medications are associated with temporal trends of reportable community viral, …

Objectives To estimate seasonal proportions of patient visits due to acute gastrointestinal
illness (GI), assess factors influencing physicians’ stool sample requests, their understanding …

Canada, like many countries. collects and collates aggregate data on communicable diseases
nationally. The main objectives of this system are to provide a mechanism for monitoring …

THE MASS VAC CI NA TION CAM PAIGNS IN CANADA, IN response to an in crease in group
C men in go coc cal men ingi tis in 1991-93 and the world re ac tion to plague in In dia in …

… The right of Hugh Sockett to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him
in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. …