Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)

The Canada Communicable Disease Report is a bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on the prevention and control of emerging and persistent infectious diseases. Learn more about CCDR.

ISSN: 1481-8531

Latest issue: Volume 44-9, September 6, 2018
Respiratory infections

Cohort studies

Clinical characteristics of pediatric pertussis cases, Quebec 2015–2017
M Desjardins, D Iachimov, S Mousseau, P Doyon-Plourde, N Brousseau, F Rallu, C Quach

Should equivocal Bordetella pertussis PCR results in children be reported to public health?
M Desjardins, S Mousseau, P Doyon-Plourde, N Brousseau, D Iachimov, F Rallu, C Quach

Surveillance

Influenza outbreaks in Ontario hospitals, 2012–2016
M Murti, M Whelan, L Friedman, J Savic, J Johnstone, D Sider, B Warshawsky

Vaccine safety surveillance in Canada: Reports to CAEFISS, 2013–2016
N Ahmadipour, K Watkins, M Fréchette, C Coulby, H Anyoti, K Johnson

Case series

Rat bite fever on Vancouver Island: 2010–2016
BN Hryciw, CP Wright, K Tan

Advisory Committee Statement

Summary of the NACI Update on Herpes Zoster Vaccines
R Warrington, S Ismail on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Rapid communication

Updated NACI recommendations for measles post-exposure prophylaxis
MC Tunis, MI Salvadori, V Dubey, O Baclic, on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)