Salmonellae are a common cause of foodborne disease worldwide. The World Health
Organization (WHO) supports international foodborne disease surveillance through WHO Global …

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was introduced into Canada by a
visitor to Hong Kong who returned to Toronto on Feb. 23, 2003. Transmission to a family …

Cryptococcus gattii, emergent on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada, in 1999,
was detected during 2003–2005 in 3 persons and 8 animals that did not travel to …

British Columbia, Canada, has the largest reported population of Cryptococcus gattii–infected
persons worldwide. To assess the impact of illness, we retrospectively analyzed …

Cryptococcus gattii has emerged as a human and animal pathogen in the Pacific Northwest.
First recognized on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, it now involves mainland …

Background The Canadian COVID-19 immunization strategy deferred second doses and
allowed mixed schedules. We compared two-dose vaccine effectiveness (VE) by vaccine type (…

Background The Canadian coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) immunization strategy
deferred second doses and allowed mixed schedules. We compared 2-dose vaccine …

As recently as two decades ago breast cancer was not a significant public health concern in
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). However, mortality rates from breast cancer have …

To determine whether particular environmental, medical, or behavioral risk factors existed
among Cryptcoccus gattii–infected persons compared with the general population, we …

In 2011, a Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) outbreak occurred in British Columbia (BC),
Canada that was associated with cooked mussel consumption. This is the first reported DSP …