Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common infection in infancy, with nearly all children
affected by two years of age. Approximately 0.5% to 2.0% of all children are hospitalized with …

Recently resettled refugee populations may be at greater risk for exposure to severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a virus that causes coronavirus 2019 (…

Scabies is a contagious skin infestation caused by a mite. It causes significant global morbidity,
with an estimated 300 million cases annually. Although it can affect individuals at any …

Objectives: To examine risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) hospital
admission in the Canadian Arctic. Methods: This was a case-control study during a 14-month …

Background: It has long been suspected that Canadian Inuit children suffer from frequent
severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), but the causes and risk factors have not been …

Adult refugee claimants experience several well‐documented post‐migratory challenges.
Little is known about the resettlement process for refugee claimant families with children. This …

Background: The objectives were to compare actual respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
hospitalization rates and costs in a cohort of Inuit infants to hypothetical palivizumab prophylaxis …

Indigenous children around the world are at higher risk for severe lower respiratory tract
infection (LRTI) than nonaboriginal children. Nunavut (Baffin Island and the other lands) has the …

Food insecurity (FI) is at a crisis level in some Indigenous communities and impacts many of
the half million First Nations Inuit and Métis (FNIM) children across Canada, particularly in …

Introduction: Canadian, Inuit, full term infants have the highest rate of respiratory syncytial
virus (RSV) infection globally, which results in substantial costs associated hospitalisation. …