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Blog: July 2014
Join us in Vancouver for World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
Jul 23, 2014 by Sandi Mitchell, Nurse Educator, BC Hepatitis Services, BCCDC
On behalf of the World Hepatitis Day 2014 Planning Committee, we would like to invite you to the World Hepatitis Day Vancouver Event happening on Monday, July 28th 2014 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Where...
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Categories: Events and announcements
Six key messages to drive home this World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
Jul 22, 2014 by CATIE, Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information
This article originally appeared on www.catie.ca. CATIE is Canada’s source for HIV and hepatitis C information.
More and more, Canada’s health care professionals and...
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Categories: Current practice
Understanding the drivers of the HIV epidemic among gay and bisexual men in BC
Jul 18, 2014 by Mark Gilbert, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
Background
This week, the Office of the Provincial Health Officer in collaboration with the BC Centre for Disease Control released a report titled “...
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Categories: New knowledge
BC Public Health Microbiology Laboratory switching to an automated syphilis screening test
Jul 2, 2014 by Muhammad Morshed, Program Head, Zoonotic Diseases & Emerging Pathogens, BC Public Health Microbiology Reference Laboratory
Background
Syphilis, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum sub spp pallidum, can be sexually transmitted as well as spread from an infected mother to her fetus and through blood transfusions. Globally, 25...
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Categories: Current practice