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Influenza: The elusive plague—Part 1 (Guest editorial)

Every year about one in six Canadians is infected with influenza, resulting in 1.5 million work days lost and 50,000 hospitalizations. More than 1200 people in BC die each year from pneumonia and influenza--a marker for... Read More

The 1997–98 influenza A epidemic in British Columbia

Introduction Influenza viruses cause acute respiratory infection and can affect people of any age. The elderly, the very young, and the chronically ill are particularly susceptible to the complications of this... Read More

Influenza A and institutional outbreak control—Changing standards of practice

Introduction Because of its highly communicable and debilitating nature, influenza is the most dramatic infectious organism affecting elderly people. About 90% of the more than 1200 deaths each year in BC due to... Read More