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Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
In 1997 national goals were set for maintaining infectious syphilis rates below 0.5 per 100000 population and preventing all endemic congenital syphilis cases. Such optimism proved unfounded; that same year infectious... Read More
Point-of-care HIV tests are screening tests for use in the clinic setting that provide immediate results on fingerstick blood specimens. These antibody-based tests have similar properties to laboratory-based screening... 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 a high case-... Read More