Demy Dam, Sharifa Merali, Michelle Chen, C. Coulby, Brigitte Ho Mi Fane, Felix Bang, Jordan Robson, Samara David
{"title":"COVID-19 outcome trends by vaccination status in Canada, December 2020–January 2022","authors":"Demy Dam, Sharifa Merali, Michelle Chen, C. Coulby, Brigitte Ho Mi Fane, Felix Bang, Jordan Robson, Samara David","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"4 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140410167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chalani Ranasinghe, Stefan Baral, Rebecca Stuart, Claire Oswald, Sharon Straus, A. Tehrani, Kimberley Gilbride, Princilla Agyemang, Aaron Orkin
{"title":"Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in shelters: A creative strategy for a complex setting","authors":"Chalani Ranasinghe, Stefan Baral, Rebecca Stuart, Claire Oswald, Sharon Straus, A. Tehrani, Kimberley Gilbride, Princilla Agyemang, Aaron Orkin","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"4 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140409888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maryem El Jaouhari, Karin Johnson, Helen Anyoti, Yuhui Xu, Charlotte Wells, Ashley Weeks, Allison Yeung, Amanda Shaw, Susanna Ogunnaike-Cooke
{"title":"National safety monitoring of vaccines from the Canadian Adverse Events Following Immunization Surveillance System (CAEFISS), 2018–2019","authors":"Maryem El Jaouhari, Karin Johnson, Helen Anyoti, Yuhui Xu, Charlotte Wells, Ashley Weeks, Allison Yeung, Amanda Shaw, Susanna Ogunnaike-Cooke","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"66 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140411461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PCV13, PCV15 or PCV20: Which vaccine is best for children in terms of immunogenicity?","authors":"Philippe De Wals","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"11 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140413254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ernest Lo, Élise Fortin, R. Gilca, Pierre-Luc Trépanier, Hany Geagea, Zhou Zhou
{"title":"Evolution of illness severity in hospital admissions due to COVID-19, Québec, Canada, January to April 2022","authors":"Ernest Lo, Élise Fortin, R. Gilca, Pierre-Luc Trépanier, Hany Geagea, Zhou Zhou","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"10 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140410631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disease burden attributable to respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks in long-term care","authors":"Christina Ferrante, C. Bancej, Nicole Atchessi","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v50i12a03","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease burden is significant among children; however, RSV can also cause excess morbidity and mortality among older adults. Populations in long-term care homes (LTCHs) may be at greater risk of exposure and increased infection severity. The objectives of this article are to identify evidence regarding disease burden and outcome severity attributable to RSV outbreaks among residents and staff in LTCHs; and to highlight reported population and outbreak characteristics. Methods: All types of evidence were eligible for inclusion. Data utilized by included studies was between the end of the 2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Evidence from the following countries was considered: G7, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand. A total of 167 articles were identified; 58 full texts were analyzed and four sources of evidence were eligible for inclusion. Data related to population characteristics, outbreak type and resident and staff outcomes were manually charted. Results: There is a paucity of evidence sources pertaining to RSV outbreak burden among residents and staff in LTCHs. Outbreak duration ranged from 13 to 21 days. For each outbreak, 4–7 residents had confirmed RSV infection. Attack rates ranged from 12% to 38%. A spectrum of disease attributable to RSV outbreaks in LTCHs was identified, ranging from mild cold-like symptoms to death. Conclusion: Integration of RSV into existing respiratory pathogen surveillance programs is important to characterize susceptibility, transmissibility and virulence of RSV in at-risk populations. There is a need for public health organizations to publish the findings from outbreak investigations to provide evidence to inform RSV outbreak prevention and response in LTCH settings.","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"27 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140414747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin Sorge, Sean Colyer, Joseph Cox, Abigail Kroch, N. Lachowsky, Nashira Popovic, Qiuying Yang
{"title":"Estimation of the population size of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Canada, 2020","authors":"Justin Sorge, Sean Colyer, Joseph Cox, Abigail Kroch, N. Lachowsky, Nashira Popovic, Qiuying Yang","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"7 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138947442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pascal Djiadeu, Housne Begum, Stacy Sabourin, Stephan Gadient, Chris Archibald, Marc-André LeBlanc, Andrea Chittle, Annie Fleurant, Joseph Cox
{"title":"Risk of sexual transmission of HIV in the context of viral load suppression","authors":"Pascal Djiadeu, Housne Begum, Stacy Sabourin, Stephan Gadient, Chris Archibald, Marc-André LeBlanc, Andrea Chittle, Annie Fleurant, Joseph Cox","doi":"10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33496,"journal":{"name":"Canada Communicable Disease Report","volume":"5 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138945010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}