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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 ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS
March 2005
... evidence “that 14 percent of Canadians—or 4.2 million people—still report not having a family doctor, a factor ... community and in the hospital.” Although some of these people may choose not to have a family physician, a visit to ... at the University of Alberta, believes that “many people are very concerned about trying to remain current in ...
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 ...