Lasers used to treat skin lesions, for skin resurfacing, and for hair removal emit an invisible beam that can be an instantaneous hazard to exposed eyes and skin. Such high-power lasers are finding... Read More
BC Centre for Disease Control
The standard test for latent tuberculous infection is the tuberculin skin test (TST) using purified protein derivative (PPD). It is among the oldest diagnostic tests in medicine, introduced in 1908... Read More
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a disease caused by the L1, L2, and L3 serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis; genital C. trachomatis infections are caused by serovars D through K. It is... Read More
The 2004 West Nile virus (WNV) season turned out to be very mild in most of North America, with only 25 human cases across Canada. This compares to 1388 human cases in 2003. It is likely the cool,... Read More
Between September and December 2004 there were seven cases of invasive disease due to N. meningitides group C in gay men in BC. Cases presented with meningitis and septicemia, and there was... Read More