BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH
May 2004
... recent important changes in the epidemic. Prior to 2003, British Columbia was unique worldwide because the outbreak ... as MSM. However, since January 2003, the epidemic in British Columbia has shifted, and now 50% of cases of new ... Centre for Disease Control Infectious syphilis outbreak in British Columbia: A changing epidemic ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
June 2004
... by follow-up fax/letter. Since WNV is also reportable in British Columbia, the medical health officer in the donor’s ... Preventing transfusion-transmitted West Nile virus in British Columbia ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc
June 2004
... spread across North America in 2003, but did not enter British Columbia. The risk that the virus will move into BC ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2004
... this study. The DTES has one of the highest rates of TB in British Columbia and struggles with the complex issues of ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
July/August 2004
... Pat Rebbeck recently stepped down as editor emerita of the British Columbia Medical Journal. Pat had been a member of ...
Letters /
BY: Victoria J. Cook, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2004
... control for aboriginal persons living on reserve in British Columbia (BC) is administered out of the BC Centre ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC
September 2004
... Drummond and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia published the booklet The Prevention of ... infections was identified as a high priority need in British Columbia. VIRAP is a new PHSA-sponsored program, a ...
Editorials /
BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD
September 2004
... Bridges: A Call for a Coordinated Dementia Strategy in British Columbia. This paper played a significant role in ...
Editorials /
BY: Howard Feldman, MD, FRCPC
September 2004
... era of treatable Alzheimer disease: Ending a dark age in British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Edna Durbach, Ed.D
October 2004
... Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in British Columbia. Translating legislation into hospital ... Mr David Flaherty, the first privacy commissioner of British Columbia and a noted expert on health information, to ...