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Clinical Articles / BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... zoonotic infection in 2003 but did not cause a pandemic.[ 1 ] Rapid action by health authorities limited the spread of ... for the pandemics of 1957 and 1968 ranged from less than 1 million to 6 million at most.[ 14 , 15 ]  During the ... of all clinical cases; in 1968 the CF was 10-fold less (0.1%).[ 5 ] It is estimated that one-third of all deaths in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC June 2007
... measures; this article relies heavily on these reviews. [1,2] We know from past experience that the severity of ... circulating among humans have short incubation periods (1 to 3 days), and are transmissible from 24 hours before and up to 1 week after symptom onset. Infectiousness is much greater ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martin Petric, PhD, FCCM June 2007
... swabs or washes) are recommended for virus diagnosis. [1]  However, human infections with H5N1 currently occur ... its H-type (H1, H3, H5, H7) can readily be accomplished in 1 day. In general, a preliminary discussion with a medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... have been no reported cases among visiting tourists. [1]  More than 10 years after it was first identified, H5N1 ... • The incubation period for influenza A is short (1 to 3 days). • Individuals are usually infectious 1 day before the onset of symptoms. • Most people with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC June 2007
... those with underlying cardiac and respiratory conditions. [1] Influenza viruses are part of the Orthomyxoviridae family ... by an H2N2 virus, was milder, resulting in an estimated 1 million deaths worldwide and a case fatality rate of less than 0.1%. [4]  The mortality rate was highest among traditional ...
News July/August 2007
... clear up any questions you may have in this regard. On 1 July 2006, the BCMA introduced two new plans for members: ... holding an Open Enrollment under the Core-Plus Plan from 1 September to 31 October. Stay tuned—more details about ... Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa—where more than 1 million people still need life-saving antiretroviral ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, July/August 2007
... first visit, we had established injuries that included: 1. Grade 1 concussion 2. Grade 2 flexion extension neck injury Bob was ... Canadian CT head rule for patients with minor head injury [1]  and the Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2007
... North America. Research in BC has found Bb in less than 1% of  I. pacificus , but even with this low level there is ... a purple-top EDTA tube 1806 Cerebrospinal fluid (WNV) CSF: 1–2 mL collected in each of two tubes without ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ingrid Söchting, PhD, July/August 2007
... rate of mental health problems than non-Aboriginals. [1,2]  Some argue that the higher rate of mental illness is a ... at a residential school—as demonstrated in  Table 1 . The overwhelming majority of subjects suffered abuse or ... were mostly strangers (33.3%) followed by peers (11.1%), partners (7.4%), federal inmates (7.4%), and various ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul Ian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2007
... at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. [1]  The psychiatric day treatment program (DTP) consists of ... who has been living in a common-law relationship for 1 year. Although well educated and relatively articulate in ... in his leaving.  Adam was treated with risperidone (1 mg q.h.s). This was followed by a complete cessation of his ...