Volume: 26 Issue: 3

This article describes a cluster of cases of Chagas disease among a single family, which was discovered on screening after two affected members of the family donated blood. The current state of screening programs for <span style="font-style: italic">Trypanosoma cruzi</span> are discussed, and suggestions for future directions are included. Parents? and adolescents? willingness to be vaccinated against serogroup B meningococcal disease during a mass vaccination in Saguenay?Lac-St-Jean (Quebec)Since the implementation of the meningococcal C conjugate vaccine as a component of the routine vaccination schedule of children in Quebec, the incidence of meningitis caused by serogroup C <span style="font-style: italic">Neisseria meningitidis </span>has declined significantly. Currently, serogroup B causes the majority of cases of invasive meningococcal disease in Quebec. A vaccine against serogroup B became available in 2013; accordingly, a mass vaccination campaign was launched in Saguenay?Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, in 2014. At the beginning of the campaign, a telephone survey was conducted to assess opinions on the vaccine, and willingness to be vaccinated among adolescents (16 to 18 years of age) and parents of children &lt;16 years of age. An unusual case of meningitis<span style="font-style: italic">Pasteurella multocida</span> is a Gram-negative anaerobe that is known to colonize household pets; in fact, it has been...
Source: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research