Human exposure to mercury, a naturally occurring element, is universal. Similar to the case with lead, recent research indicates that subtle effects of mercury toxicity may occur at much lower levels... Read More

The Provincial Infection Prevention and Control Program (PIPCP), located at BCCDC Laboratory Services, offers province-wide consultation services. The program provides leadership by developing... Read More

Guidelines for TB contact investigation are based upon expert opinion and follow the standard concentric circle approach.[1] Extensive amounts of information are collected as a result of these... Read More

West Nile virus (WNV) continued its westward spread across North America in 2003, but did not enter British Columbia. The risk that the virus will move into BC during 2004 remains high. There is also... Read More

Although BC has been experiencing an outbreak of infectious syphilis (IS; primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis) since 1997, there have been recent important changes in the epidemic. Prior to... Read More