A-Z Infectious Diseases

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A

Antimicrobial Resistance

• Antimicrobial Resistance

Anthrax

• Anthrax
• Bacillus anthracis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

Avian Influenza

• Avian Influenza (H5N1)
• Current Avian influenza (H5N1) affected areas
• H7N9 avian influenza
• See also: Influenza
• See also: Emerging Respiratory Pathogens

B

Blood Safety

• Risks of Blood Transfusion
• Transfusion Transmitted Injuries (TTI)

Brucellosis

• Brucellosis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances
• Brucellosis

C

Campybacteriosis

• Campylobacteriosis
• Food Safety Facts on Camplyobacter

Chikungunya

• Chikungunya

Cholera

• Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Cholera
• Cholera

Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)

• Fact Sheet - Botulism
• Clostridium Botulinum

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)

• C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) (Canada.ca - Health)
• Fact Sheet - Clostridium difficile
• Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea in Acute-Care Hospitals Participating in CNISP: November 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005 Final Report PDF (115 Kb, 35 pages)

Clostridium perfringens

• Fact Sheet - Clostridium perfringens
• Clostridium perfringens

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Fact Sheet - Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease / Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease / Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• CJD Surveillance System

Cryptococcosis

• Cryptococcosis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

Cryptosporidiosis

• Cryptosporidiosis

Cyclosporiasis

• Cyclosporiasis

D

Dengue

• Dengue fever

Diphtheria

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Diphtheria
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

E

Ebola virus disease

• Ebola virus disease

Emerging Respiratory Pathogens

• Emerging Respiratory Pathogens

Enterovirus

• Enterovirus D-68
• Enterovirus 71

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

• E. coli (Escherichia coli) infection
• Escherichia coli - Pathogen Safety Data Sheets and Risk Assessment

F

Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections

• Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections

G

Giardiasis

• Giardiasis - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances
• Giardiasis

H

Haemophilus influenzae, type b

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Haemophilus influenzae, type b
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Hantavirus

• Hantavirus
• Hantavirus - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances
• Answers: Hantavirus

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
  • Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
  • Executive Summary: Primary Care Management of Hepatitis B - Quick Reference (HBV-QR)
  • Hepatitis B: Get the Facts. You can have it and not know it.
  • Primary Care Management of Hepatitis B - Quick Reference (HBV-QR)
  • Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis G

Histoplasmosis

• Answers: Histoplasmosis

HIV/AIDS

• Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative
• Extraordinary Assistance Plan - Financial Assistance to Individuals Infected with HIV Through the Canadian Blood System
• Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada
• HIV/AIDS
• HIV and AIDS in Canada - Surveillance Reports
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Assistance Program for HIV Secondarily Infected Individuals

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

H7N9 avian influenza

• H7N9 avian influenza

I

Influenza (flu)

• Canadian Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Planning Guidance for the Health Sector
• Emerging Respiratory Pathogens (H5N1, H7N9)
• Influenza (Flu)
• Influenza Surveillance (FluWatch)
• Pandemic Flu

J

Japanese Encephalitis

• Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Japanese Encephalitis
• Japanese Encephalitis

K

L

Leptospirosis

• Leptospirosis

Listeria monocytogenes

• Fact Sheet - Listeria
• Listeriosis (Listeria) Outbreak

Lyme Disease

• Lyme Disease

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis

• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

M

Malaria

• Malaria

Measles

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Measles
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Meningococcal

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Meningococcal
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

• Fact Sheet - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

• Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • Assessment of Public Health Risk to Canada Associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Mumps

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Mumps
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

N

Noroviruses

• Noroviruses - Fact Sheet

Notifiable Diseases

• Diseases Under National Surveillance (as of January 2009)
  • Case Definitions for Diseases Under National Surveillance

O

P

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Pertussis
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Plague

• Plague

Pneumococcal

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Pneumococcal
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Poliomyelitis

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Poliomyelitis
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Psittacosis

• Answers: Psittacosis

Q

Q Fever

• Answers: Q Fever

R

Rabies

• Canadian Immunization Guide: Rabies Vaccine
• Disease Information: Rabies

Rift Valley Fever

• Rift Valley Fever

Ringworm

• Ringworm - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

• Rickettsia rickettsii - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

Roundworm

• Ascaris - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances

Rubella

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Rubella
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

S

Sars

• Case Definitions for Communicable Diseases under National Surveillance - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Learning from SARS - Renewal of Public Health in Canada - Executive Summary
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Associated Coronavirus -Pathogen Safety Data Sheet
• WHO : Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Salmonella

• Salmonella - Material Safety Data Sheet - Infectious Substances
• Fact Sheet - Salmonella
• Salmonella - Food Safety Facts: Preventing foodborne illness
• Salmonella

Scarlet Fever

• Scarlet Fever Fact Sheet

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

• National Surveillance/Research
• Policy & Guidelines
• Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Sexual Health Promotion/Education
• STI, Sexual Health Facts and Information
  • Emergency Contraception
  • Chlamydia
  • Genital Herpes
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Gonorrhea
  • Syphilis

Shigellosis

• Fact Sheet - Shigellosis

Shingles (Herpes Zoster)

• Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Fact Sheet

Simian Foamy Virus (SFV)

• Questions and Answers

Smallpox

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Smallpox

T

Tetanus

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Tetanus
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Toxoplasmosis

• Answers: Toxoplasmosis

Trichinellosis

• Trichinellosis

Tuberculosis (TB)

• Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

Tularemia

• Tularemia

Typhoid

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Typhoid
• Typhoid

U

V

Valley fever

• Valley fever

Varicella

• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Varicella
• See also: Immunization & Vaccines

Viral haemorrhagic fever

• Ebola virus disease
• Marburg virus disease

W

West Nile virus

• West Nile virus

X

Y

Yellow Fever

• Yellow Fever
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Yellow Fever

Z

Zika virus

• Zika virus