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Clinical Articles / BY: Jack Teng, PhD, April 2011
... wildlife or domestic animals, particularly Lyme disease.[ 4 ] The low risk of contracting tick-borne zoonoses in the ... may be due to cross-reactions in the IFA.[ 24 ] Finally, 4.1% of the deer mice had evidence of in­fection with SNV. ... the deer mouse sera tested: 0%  B. burgdorferi s.s. , 0.4%  A. phagocytophilum , and 12.3% possible positives for  ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Wiese, MD, MA, FRCPC September 2011
... rates in long-term care facilities (an estimated 40%).[ 4 ]  Because of our aging population, it is expected that ... 1 ]  If there is no significant improvement after 2 to 4 weeks on an average therapeutic dose, further increases ... if there is no improvement in depressive symptoms after 4 weeks or insufficient improvement in symptoms after 8 weeks ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC December 2011
... that up to 20% of gay men knew of the service, 2% to 4% had sent or received an e-card, and three-quarters said ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2011
... over the 12-year period ( Figure 2 ); 45 patients (48.4%) were male and most were between 41 and 70 years of age ... mean age of patients with travel-related disease was 40.4 years, young­er than those who acquired Lyme disease in BC ... and acute serology is negative, a convalescent test 2 to 4 weeks later may aid in diagnosis.  Because erythema ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD October 2011
... suggests that delaying these foods for longer than 4 to 6 months does not prevent food allergies and may even ... waiting until 6 months of age before offering solid foods. 4. Is organic food more nutri­tious than non-organic food? ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2011
... and acute serology is negative, a convalescent test 2 to 4 weeks later may aid in diagnosis. However, early treatment ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, July/August 2011
... Island found that 8.1% of drivers had been drinking and 10.4% tested positive for drugs, including 4.6% for cannabis.[ 1 ]  The rate of cannabis use is even ... whereas people who used alcohol underestimate theirs.[ 2-4 ]  Therefore, some researchers have suggested that ...
Letters / BY: Ben R. Wilkinson, MB, FRCSC November 2011
... time, which, since it was not urgent, would be in about 4 to 6 months. As it is a chronic problem, I decided against ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Sirrs, MD, FRCPC, May 2011
... larger subgroup and are transmitted in mendelian fashion.[ 4 ] Genetics thus indicate there are two genomes involved in ... people and are much more common than previously realized.[ 4 - 6 ]  Given the large number of nuclear genes involved in ... the mutation does not translate into clinical symptoms.[ 4 ]  Thus, as a group, primary mitochondrial diseases are ...
News September 2011
... rapidly; from 2.1 per 1000 population in 2004 to 2.4 in 2009, but points out that this remains well below the ...