CCDR: Volume 46 Issue 9, September 3, 2020: Force Health Protection

Guest Editor: Diane Lu

Table of contents

Commentary
Public health practice within Canada’s military healthcare system
Col. P Morissette

Outbreak report
Three sequential outbreaks of Group A Streptococcus over a two-year period at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School, St. Jean Garrison, Québec
B Strauss, M Tepper, D Lu, F Gagnon, E Girard, W Demczuk, I Martin, M Massé, K Barnes

Implementation science
Adverse events following mass antibiotic prophylaxis during a Group A Streptococcus outbreak in the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School
D Lu, B Strauss, K Simkus, M Tepper, F Gagnon, N Johnson, E Girard, K Barnes

Survey report
Trends in pre-military sexually transmitted infections and associated risk behaviours in Canadian Armed Forces recruits
H McCuaig Edge

Rapid communication
The role of Force Health Protection in the Canadian Armed Forces’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic
H McCuaig Edge, S Carlucci, D Lu

Infographic
Foodborne illness outbreak investigation of April 21^st 2018 (Exercise Maple Resolve 2018)

Surveillance using outbreak markers for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) deployed operations, 2017–2019

Occurrence and treatment of rabies-related animal exposures among Canadian Armed Forces personnel

Overview
Extragenital testing increases case detection of gonorrhea and chlamydia: The impact of implementing nucleic acid amplification testing
DS Friedman, P O’Byrne

Surveillance
Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins, Canada 2019
A Lien, C Abalos, N Atchessi, R Edjoc, M Heisz

Advisory committee statement
Summary of the NACI systematic review and recommendation on the use of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) in HIV-infected individuals
D Moore, I Gemmill, R Harrison on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Series
Vaccine injury compensation programs: Rationale and an overview of the Québec program
E Dubé, D Gagnon, NE MacDonald, S Harmon, S Hapuhennedige

ID News
Interim guidance: Care of residents in long term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) Statements on Vaccine Confidence

West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases surveillance report – Annual edition (2018)