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Emerging Respiratory Viruses

From BCCDC: While the world’s attention is understandably focused on the Ebola outbreak affecting several countries of West Africa, we would also like to remind and update you about several emerging respiratory viruses (ERV) with ongoing global monitoring since our last bulletin of June 17, 2014, including: 1. MERS-CoV. Activity has declined substantially relative to the dramatic surge that occurred in April 2014. However, sporadic cases continue to be reported from affected...

Enterovirus D68 update from BCCDC

Please note: You can find the latest information on EV-D68 on the BC Centre for Disease Control website. BCCDC's bulletin of September 16th commented on neurologic (paralytic) features associated with two of their initial laboratory-confirmed cases of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in British Columbia. Neurologic symptoms  were not at that time considered a prominent feature of EV-D68, for which severe respiratory illness was instead emphasized in initial reports from the United States (US)...

PICNet Website Changes

Welcome to the new PICNet website! The site has moved to a new platform, but the content is still the same; just a few pages have been reorganized. You'll see we have a new Guidelines and Toolkits section, but everything else is in the same place as before. You may, however, need to update any bookmarks you have to our site, as several page URLs have changed. You can navigate to...

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Enterovirus D68 – Situation Update

Please note: You can find the latest information on EV-D68 on the BC Centre for Disease Control website._____ The US CDC has recently reported an increase in hospitalizations among children with severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection. Not unexpectedly, confirmed cases of EV-D68 have also been detected in Canada, including recent sporadic detections in British Columbia (BC). The BC Centre for Disease Control has provided a brief overview of EV-D68 and offer...

Ebola Clinical Care Guidelines

The Public Health Agency of Canada has published Interim Clinical Care Guildelines for the Ebola virus. The interim guidelines were created in collaboration with the Canadian Critical Care Society, The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, and the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada (AMMI). There are also links to more information on Ebola virus disease (EVD): What do health professionals need to know about EVD? National case definition: Ebola virus disease Case...

Influenza Fact Sheets

A quadrivalent influenza vaccine fact sheet has been developed for health care providers.   The live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) Q&A has also been updated. Both resources are posted on BCCDC’s health professionals section and will be posted shortly on ImmunizeBC’s website....

News Archives May-Sept 2014

Looking for previous news postings? You can find PICNet's news archives from May 2014 to September 2014 here. Earlier news postings have not been archived....

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