In our present system, without including clinical prevention, front-line physicians have too much to do and too little time in which to do it. To add to the primary care workload the clinical... Read More

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

Your membership benefits just keep getting better Broader array of insurance choices Members of the BCMA and the CMA in BC and their families now have broader insurance choices than ever before... 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