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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Aleina Tweed, MSc March 2005
... by its alarming virulence and predilection for young people—67% of the infections were in people 20 years of age or younger. Human infections have, so ... capacity in advance of the pandemic, when millions of people will have to be immunized in a very short time. In the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC July/August 2005
... infections are clinically inapparent. Approximately 20% of people infected with WNV develop a milder, often febrile, illness (WNF). Approximately 1 in 150 (0.7 %) people infected will develop severe neurological disease ... neurological disease is increasing age. In particular people over the age of 50 are at risk for severe illness. In ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD October 2005
... challenging and interesting, but the joy comes from the people I meet, and the colleagues and staff with whom I work. ...