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 No. 12, December 2021: Social Media Responses to COVID-19

Overview
The hepatitis C epidemic in Canada: An overview of recent trends in surveillance, injection drug use, harm reduction and treatment
L Lourenço, M Kelly, J Tarasuk, K Stairs, M Bryson, N Popovic, J Aho

Rapid Communication
Impact of school closures and re-openings on COVID-19 transmission
M El Jaouhari, R Edjoc, L Waddell, P Huston, N Atchessi, M Striha, S Bonti-Ankomah

Qualitative Study
Among sheeples and antivaxxers: Social media responses to COVID-19 vaccine news posted by Canadian news organizations, and recommendations to counter vaccine hesitancy
L Tang, S Douglas, A Laila

Implementation Science
The PRONTO study: Clinical performance of ID NOW in individuals with compatible SARS-CoV-2 symptoms in walk-in centres—accelerated turnaround time for contact tracing
I Goupil-Sormany, J Longtin, J Dumaresq, M Jacob-Wagner, F Bouchard, L Romero, J Harvey, J Bestman-Smith, M Provençal, S Beauchemin, V Richard, A-C Labbé

Outbreak
COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Kelowna, British Columbia after rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in March 2021
F Sabet, B Gauthier, M Siddiqui, A Wilmer, N Prystajecky, P Rydings, M Andrews, S Pollock