< em > Mycoplasma genitalium < /em > infection among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montr éal, Canada
CONCLUSION: This first population-based study among gbMSM in Canada documents a high prevalence of urethral and rectal M. genitalium infection and high levels of AMR. Our results highlight the importance of access to testing and AMR detection when indicated.PMID:38504874 | PMC:PMC10946590 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a03 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anne-Sophie L ê Annie-Claude Labb é Alain Fourmigue Milada Dvorakova Joseph Cox Claude Fortin Irene Martin Daniel Grace Trevor Hart David Moore Gilles Lambert Engage Study Team Source Type: research
Syndromic surveillance performance in Canada throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, March 1, 2020 to March 4, 2023
This article examines the performance of FluWatchers' syndromic surveillance over the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. More specifically, this article examines FluWatchers' performance with respect to the correlation between the FluWatchers influenza-like illness (ILI) and acute respiratory infection (ARI) indicators and total respiratory virus detections (RVDs) in Canada, including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and other respiratory viruses.PMID:38504875 | PMC:PMC10946582 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a06 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Myriam Ben Moussa Abbas Rahal Liza Lee Shamir Mukhi Source Type: research
Estimation of the population size of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Canada, 2020
CONCLUSION: Using data from multiple sources, a model applied to estimate the population size of gbMSM, accounting for populations previously not included in prior estimates, has been described.PMID:38504876 | PMC:PMC10946585 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a02 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Justin Sorge Sean Colyer Joseph Cox Abigail Kroch Nathan Lachowsky Nashira Popovic Qiuying Yang Source Type: research
Does the Australian influenza season predict the Canadian influenza season? A qualitative comparison of seasons, 2014-2020
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2023 Nov 1;49(11-12):494-500. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a05. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.ABSTRACTA commonly held belief by the Canadian media and public is that the Australian influenza season is a fairly reliable indicator of what the Canadian influenza season that follows might be like. However, this claim is not well substantiated with epidemiological evidence. Therefore, the objective of this work was to qualitatively compare the timing of the onset, peak, and intensity of influenza activity, the dominant circulating influenza strains, and the seasonal vaccine and vaccination policies from 2014 to 2020 ...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Deborah Chan Liza Lee Christina Bancej Source Type: research
Risk of sexual transmission of HIV in the context of viral load suppression
CONCLUSION: This update highlights the consistency of evidence since the 2018 PHAC review. There remains no evidence of HIV transmission to sexual partners when a person living with HIV is on ART and maintains a suppressed viral load.PMID:38504878 | PMC:PMC10946584 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a01 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pascal Djiadeu Housne Begum Stacy Sabourin Stephan Gadient Chris Archibald Marc-Andr é LeBlanc Andrea Chittle Annie Fleurant Joseph Cox Source Type: research
Establishing Pandemic Influenza Severity Assessment (PISA) parameters and thresholds for Canada's FluWatch program
CONCLUSION: With confidence in the validity of the PISA thresholds, the FluWatch program will begin to share PISA assessments weekly through the FluWatch report in the 2023-2024 seasons to help characterize influenza activity in Canada and inform responses to the seasonal influenza epidemic.PMID:38504879 | PMC:PMC10946583 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a04 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: FluWatch Team1 Source Type: research
< em > Mycoplasma genitalium < /em > infection among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montr éal, Canada
CONCLUSION: This first population-based study among gbMSM in Canada documents a high prevalence of urethral and rectal M. genitalium infection and high levels of AMR. Our results highlight the importance of access to testing and AMR detection when indicated.PMID:38504874 | PMC:PMC10946590 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a03 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anne-Sophie L ê Annie-Claude Labb é Alain Fourmigue Milada Dvorakova Joseph Cox Claude Fortin Irene Martin Daniel Grace Trevor Hart David Moore Gilles Lambert Engage Study Team Source Type: research
Syndromic surveillance performance in Canada throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, March 1, 2020 to March 4, 2023
This article examines the performance of FluWatchers' syndromic surveillance over the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. More specifically, this article examines FluWatchers' performance with respect to the correlation between the FluWatchers influenza-like illness (ILI) and acute respiratory infection (ARI) indicators and total respiratory virus detections (RVDs) in Canada, including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and other respiratory viruses.PMID:38504875 | PMC:PMC10946582 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a06 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Myriam Ben Moussa Abbas Rahal Liza Lee Shamir Mukhi Source Type: research
Estimation of the population size of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Canada, 2020
CONCLUSION: Using data from multiple sources, a model applied to estimate the population size of gbMSM, accounting for populations previously not included in prior estimates, has been described.PMID:38504876 | PMC:PMC10946585 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a02 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Justin Sorge Sean Colyer Joseph Cox Abigail Kroch Nathan Lachowsky Nashira Popovic Qiuying Yang Source Type: research
Does the Australian influenza season predict the Canadian influenza season? A qualitative comparison of seasons, 2014-2020
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2023 Nov 1;49(11-12):494-500. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a05. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.ABSTRACTA commonly held belief by the Canadian media and public is that the Australian influenza season is a fairly reliable indicator of what the Canadian influenza season that follows might be like. However, this claim is not well substantiated with epidemiological evidence. Therefore, the objective of this work was to qualitatively compare the timing of the onset, peak, and intensity of influenza activity, the dominant circulating influenza strains, and the seasonal vaccine and vaccination policies from 2014 to 2020 ...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Deborah Chan Liza Lee Christina Bancej Source Type: research
Risk of sexual transmission of HIV in the context of viral load suppression
CONCLUSION: This update highlights the consistency of evidence since the 2018 PHAC review. There remains no evidence of HIV transmission to sexual partners when a person living with HIV is on ART and maintains a suppressed viral load.PMID:38504878 | PMC:PMC10946584 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a01 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pascal Djiadeu Housne Begum Stacy Sabourin Stephan Gadient Chris Archibald Marc-Andr é LeBlanc Andrea Chittle Annie Fleurant Joseph Cox Source Type: research
Establishing Pandemic Influenza Severity Assessment (PISA) parameters and thresholds for Canada's FluWatch program
CONCLUSION: With confidence in the validity of the PISA thresholds, the FluWatch program will begin to share PISA assessments weekly through the FluWatch report in the 2023-2024 seasons to help characterize influenza activity in Canada and inform responses to the seasonal influenza epidemic.PMID:38504879 | PMC:PMC10946583 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i1112a04 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: FluWatch Team1 Source Type: research
Current and future burden from Lyme disease in Qu ébec as a result of climate change
CONCLUSION: The epidemiological burden is concentrated primarily in southern Québec, but the clinical and economic burden is already distributed throughout the province. The projections for 2050 should help the regions of Québec adapt and optimize public health protection measures.PMID:38481649 | PMC:PMC10937046 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i10a06 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Marion Ripoche Alexandra Irace-Cima Ariane Adam-Poupart Genevi ève Baron Catherine Bouchard Alex Carignan Fran çois Milord Najwa Ouhoummane Pierre A Pilon Karine Thivierge Kate Zinszer Diane Chaumont Source Type: research
Healthcare costs and effects of post-COVID-19 condition in Canada
CONCLUSION: This article demonstrates the large potential health and economic burden of PCC for Canadians, and the importance of vaccination and other infection control strategies in reducing the longer-term costs and effects.PMID:38481650 | PMC:PMC10936747 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i10a03 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ellen Rafferty Ali Unsal Erin Kirwin Institute of Health Economics Edmonton Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta Edmonton Health Organisation Policy Economics School of Health Sciences University of Manchester Man Source Type: research
Influenza vaccines may protect against cardiovascular diseases: The evidence is mounting and should be known by the Canadian public health community
The objective of this short commentary is to alert the Canadian public health community and to provide information that could be used at the field level to promote the usefulness of influenza vaccines.PMID:38481651 | PMC:PMC10936748 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i10a04 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - March 14, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Philippe De Wals Micha ël Desjardins Source Type: research
