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 49-5, May 2023: Innovative Technologies in Public Health

Implementation Science

Coupling wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance and modelling of SARS-COV-2/COVID-19: Practical applications at the Public Health Agency of Canada
M Jin Joung, CS Mangat, EM Mejia, A Nagasawa, A Nichani, C Perez-Iratxeta, SW Peterson, D Champredon

Evolution of nucleic acid amplification testing across Canada as observed through the Canadian Laboratory Response Network's SARS-CoV-2 Proficiency Test Program, May 2020 to June 2021
C Ranadheera, K Antonation, C Corbett

Comparison of fifteen SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification test assays used during the Canadian Laboratory Response Network's National SARS-CoV-2 Proficiency Program, May 2020 to June 2021
C Ranadheera, K Antonation, C Corbett

Innovative technology and established partnerships—a recipe for rapid adaptability under emerging pandemic conditions
S Mukhi, M Laffin-Thibodeau, T Beattie

Overview

Relative pandemic severity in Canada and four peer nations during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
A Peng, A Simmons, A Amoako, A Tuite, D Fisman

Outbreak Report

COVID-19 farm outbreaks in Ontario, January–December 2020
H Patel, A Ulloa, S Buchan, M Abdulnoor, J Gubbay, M Murti

Surveillance

Real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction detection of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Canadian wastewater
S Peterson, J Daigle, C Dueck, A Nagasawa, M Mulvey, CS Mangat

Device and surgical procedure-related infections in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2017−2021
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in Canadian acute care hospitals, 2017–2021
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program