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 47-5/6, May/June 2021: Responding to New Clusters of COVID-19

Surveillance
Population surveillance approach to detect and respond to new clusters of COVID-19
EE Rees, R Rodin, NH Ogden

Trends in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use in eight Canadian provinces, 2014–2018
N Popovic, Q Yang, C Archibald

Outbreak
Beyond flu: trends in respiratory infection outbreaks in Ontario healthcare settings from 2007 to 2017, and implications for non-influenza outbreak management
K Paphitis, C Achonu, S Callery, J Gubbay, K Katz, M Muller, H Sachdeva, B Warshawsky, M Whelan, G Garber, M Murti

Overview
Bioaerosols from mouth-breathing: Under-recognized transmissible mode in COVID-19?
S Balasubramanian, D Vinayachandran

Demonstrating the capacity of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization for timely responses to post-market vaccine monitoring signals: Canada’s experience with the live-attenuated influenza vaccine
L Zhao, K Young, A House, R Stirling, M Tunis

Qualitative studies
Environmental scan of provincial and territorial planning for COVID-19 vaccination programs in Canada
S MacDonald, H Sell, S Wilson, S Meyer, A Gagneur, A Assi, M Sadarangani, and members of the COVImm Study Team

Series
The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT): Supporting evidence-informed decision-making in public health in Canada
H Husson, C Howarth, S Neil-Sztramko, M Dobbins