Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)
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Date published: February 2026
ISSN: 1481-8531
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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.
Latest issue: Volume 52-1/2, January/February 2026: Tick and Mosquito Surveillance in Canada
Advisory Committee Statement
Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement: Updated recommendations on herpes zoster vaccination for adults who are immunocompromised
R Krishnan, O Baclic, A Howarth, A Tuite, M Andrew on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Rapid Communication
Isolation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae from cutaneous lesions in a donkey in Ontario, Canada, 2024: Implications for zoonotic disease transmission and One Health approach
C Okechukwu, S Rebellato, H Pitfield, K Magnusson, R Sereshk, D Slavic, H McClinchey, S Wilson, J Kus, C Lee
Infographic
Vector-borne Disease Surveillance in Canada, 2023
Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Public Health Agency of Canada
Surveillance
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2021
S Ahmad, G Wafy, C Wilson, H Coatsworth, C Guillot, J Savage, P Leighton, P Goundar, M Morshed, P Buck, A-C Bourgeois, S Gasmi
Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks and their associated pathogens in Canada, 2022
G Wafy, S Ahmad, C Wilson, H Coatsworth, J Savage, M Nelder, K Cronin, P Zhang, K Thivierge, K Crandall, P Goundar, L Snyman, E Jenkins, M Morshed, C Hogan, M-K Lee, P Buck, A-C Bourgeois, S Gasmi
Invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance in Canada, 2023
A Golden, A Griffith, B Lefebvre, A McGeer, G Tyrrell, J Kus, J Grant, J Minion, P Van Caeseele, G Desnoyers, D Haldane, Y Yu, X Ding, L Steven, J McFadzen, G Zhanel, C Primeau, I Martin
Epidemiologic Study
Changing case definition: An analysis of its impact on Lyme disease surveillance in Nova Scotia
K Nsitem, J Cram, A Khan, C Ryan, T Hatchette, S Deeks, L Passerini, M Trecker, K McIsaac
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