From the guest editors by Abba Gumel, James Watmough

“…In September of 2003, on the tail of the outbreak of Severe AcuteRespiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Greater Toronto Area, MITACS(www.mitacs.ca), one of Canada's Networks of Centres ofExcellence, teamed up with Health Canada in funding a workshopentitled the MITACS-PIMS-Health Canada meeting on SARS atthe magnificent Banff International Research Station (BIRS) . …”
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An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario by Mona R Loutfy, John W Austin, Burke Blanchfield, Ignatius W Fong

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Assessing the language availability, readability, suitability and comprehensibility of heat-health messaging content on health authority webpages and online resources in Canada by Emily J. Tetzlaff, Kristina-Marie T. Janetos, Katie E. Wagar, Farah Mourad, Melissa Gorman, Victor Gallant, Glen P. Kenny

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Sentinel Health Unit Surveillance System by Cathy Anderson

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Recent Advances in Laboratory Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by RK Chaudhary

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Methylene blue at recommended concentrations alters metabolism in early zebrafish development by Niepukolie Nipu, Lai Wei, Lauren Hamilton, Hyojin Lee, Jith Thomas, Jan A. Mennigen

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Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis B and C Infection in Correctional Institutions in British Columbia by RG Préfontaine, RK Chaudhary, RG Mathias

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A Canadian Working Group Report on Fecal Microbial Therapy: Microbial Ecosystems Therapeutics by Emma Allen-Vercoe, Gregor Reid, Norman Viner, Gregory B Gloor, Susy Hota, Peter Kim, Christine Lee, Kieran C O’Doherty, Stephen J Vanner, J Scott Weese, Elaine O Petrof

“…A working group from across Canada comprised of clinician and basic scientists, epidemiologists, ethicists, Health Canada regulatory authorities and representatives of major funding agencies (Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada) met to review the current experience with fecal microbial therapy and to identify the key areas of study required to move this field forward. …”
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A Descriptive Study of Human Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Infections Reported in Ontario from 1990 to 1997 by Michael W Ford, Agricola Odoi, Shannon E Majowicz, Pascal Michel, Dean Middleton, Bruce Ciebin, Kathryn Doré, Scott A McEwen, Jeffery A Aramini, Shelley Deeks, Frances Jamieson, Rafiq Ahmed, Frank G Rodgers, Jeff B Wilson

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Infection Control by Lynn Johnston, John Conly

“…Australia, the United Kingdom and the World Health Organization have developed guidelines for the infection control management of patients with CJD, as well as instruments and devices that come into contact with them and their tissues (1-3). Health Canada's draft CJD infection control guidelines, withdrawn from the Health Canada Web site until safety concerns regarding sodium hydroxide can be addressed, closely mirrored recommendations made in those documents. …”
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Bioterrorism in Canada: An Economic Assessment of Prevention and Postattack Response by Ronald St John, Brian Finlay, Curtis Blair

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Effects of the Indoor Environment on the Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in School-Aged Children by Thomas A Kovesi, Robert E Dales

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Screening and Treatment of Immigrants and Refugees to Canada for Tuberculosis: Implications of the Experience of Canada and other Industrialized Countries by Roger E Thomas, Brian Gushulak

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Using Health Utility Index (HUI) for Measuring the Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Among Individuals with Chronic Diseases by Frank Mo, Bernard C.K. Choi, Felix C.K. Li, Joav Merrick

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Integrating Laboratory and Epidemiological Techniques for Population-Based Surveillance of HIV Strains and Drug Resistance in Canada by Gayatri C Jayaraman, Chris P Archibald, Lee Li Lior, Donald Sutherland

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Standards of Care: Management of Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Guido Van Rosendaal

“…This article is the outcome of a formal process of clinical guideline development involving 25 participants with expertise covering a wide range of disciplines and nationalities, as well as nonvoting observers representing Health Canada and seven industry sponsors. Twenty recommendations are presented, each specifying the degree of support and dissention expressed in the panel's votes. …”
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Smoking and Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease in Canadian Men and Women by Mary Jane Ashley, Bernard CK Choi, Anita WP Pak

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Addressing Gender Disparities in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Scoping Review of Life Skills-Based Education in Pakistan by Bushra Anwar, Sayema Awais, Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Sania Ahmed, Muhammad Bin Aslam Zahid, Hafsa Malik

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Gestational exposure to environmental chemical mixtures and cognitive abilities in children: A pooled analysis of two North American birth cohorts by Jagadeesh Puvvula, Wei-Ting Hwang, Lawrence McCandless, Changchun Xie, Joseph M. Braun, Ann M. Vuong, Youssef Oulhote, Enrique F. Schisterman, Russell T. Shinohara, Linda Booij, Maryse F. Bouchard, Kristin Linn, Michael M. Borghese, Jean R. Seguin, Angelika Zidek, Christine Till, William Fraser, Kimberly Yolton, Kim M. Cecil, Jillian Ashley-Martin, Tye E. Arbuckle, Bruce Lanphear, Aimin Chen

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Characterizing the HIV Epidemic in the Prairie Provinces by Marissa L Becker, Ken Kasper, Carla Pindera, Mary Cheang, Debbie Rodger, Stephen Sanche, Stuart Skinner, M John Gill

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