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Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
Physicians in the Lower Mainland and on the southern end of Vancouver Island immunize a large proportion of BC infants and children, and physicians in other parts of the province are key informers about immunization... Read More
There is no doubt that vaccines have had a major impact on the health of children.[1] However, it has also been acknowledged that immunizations are the most common cause of pain related to medical procedures in healthy... Read More
British Columbia is expanding use of pneumococcal conjugate 13-valent vaccine (PCV13, Prev-nar 13) to HIV-infected adults starting in April 2015. Since June 2010, the vaccine has been in use for routine immunization of... Read More
Since whole-cell pertussis vaccine was replaced with acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine in BC in 1997, systemic adverse events in infants such as febrile seizures and hypotonic hyporesponsive episodes have decreased... Read More
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. Three of four sexually active Canadians will develop an HPV infection.[1] There are more than 100 HPV strains and about 15 cause cervical... Read More
The influenza season is almost upon us, and this fall the BC publicly funded influenza immunization program will be incorporating one new influenza vaccine into the mix: the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)... Read More
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are safe and highly effective for the prevention of cervical cancer caused by HPV types 16 and 18, which account for about 70% of this disease. Until recently, young women born prior... Read More
The publicly funded rotavirus vaccine for infants at 2 and 4 months of age is the orally administered live attenuated monovalent human rotavirus vaccine Rotarix.[1] Benefits of this vaccine over the other approved... Read More
British Columbia launched routine immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV) in the school year 2008–2009. Two cohorts of girls were targeted—grades 6 and 9—in order to see benefits earlier, given the latency... Read More
In February 2009, Infanrix-hexa will be introduced in BC. It is a combination vaccine for infants starting their primary vaccine series against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, and... Read More