Invasive bacterial diseases in Northern Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Degani, Naushaba ^a   Navarro, Christine ^b   Deeks, Shelley L ^b,d   Lovgren, Marguerite ^c   Hemsley, Colleen ^e   Larke, Bryce ^e   Case, Cheryl ^f   Fraley, Norine ^f   Palacios, Carolina ^g   Carlin, Robert ^h,i   Proulx, Jean François ^i,j   McGillivray, Jane ^k   Roberts, Paulette ^k   Jetté, Louise ^l   Laurence, Robert A ^l   Ringuette, Louise ^l   Tyrrell, Gregory ^c   Tsang, Raymond ^m   Abboud, Nadine ^b   Bruce, Michael G ⁿ   Zulz, Tammy ⁿ   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^e Yukon Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^g Canada Nunavut Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^h Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay   (Canada)

ⁱ Programme québécois de cancérologie   (Canada)

^j Direction Régionale de Santé Publique du Nunavik   (Canada)

^k Labrador Grenfell Health   (Canada)

^l INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^m PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; EPIDEMIC; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 38049003514     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.061522     Document Type: Article

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