Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a diverse bacterial group with a worldwide distribution of 20 named and 1 unnamed genospecies. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto seen in North America, B. afzelii and B... Read More
BC Centre for Disease Control
What is Zika? Zika virus is a flavivirus from the same family as dengue virus and West Nile virus. Infection in humans was rare and isolated to Africa and Asia until 2007.[1-3] Since the first human... Read More
While many patients have good access to testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through their family physician or a sexual health clinic, this isn’t the case for everyone. Each year in BC... Read More
Carbon monoxide (CO) exposure is an important but under-appreciated health concern. CO is the leading cause of accidental poisonings in homes, with exposure resulting in severe cardiovascular and... Read More
It is rare to find a health intervention that both improves a standard of practice and reduces costs, but this seems to be the case for the Do Bugs Need Drugs? program in BC. The World Health... Read More