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Blog category: Trend watch

HIV incidence and prevalence estimates for British Columbia and Canada in 2016

May 2, 2019 by Amalia Plotogea, Helena Swinkels, Shannon McDonald, Evan Adams, Daniele Behn-Smith and Jason Wong

Background

HIV prevention continues to be a public health priority in British Columbia. Incidence and prevalence are two measures of disease frequency used to inform our response to the HIV epidemic. Incidence is...

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BC trends in sexually transmitted infections (STI) for 2016

Dec 17, 2018 by Dr. Jason Wong, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Genital chlamydia

In 2016, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 317.6 (15,057 cases) per 100,000 population in British Columbia (BC), continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998.  The...

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BC trends in HIV for 2016

Dec 10, 2018 by Dr. Jason Wong, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Cases

In 2016, the rate of new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia (BC) was 5.1 (241 cases) per 100,000 population which is identical to the rate in 2015 (240 cases).  The highest rates of new HIV diagnoses were in Vancouver...

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In the news! Commonly asked questions about STIs

Oct 17, 2018 by Amalia Plotogea, Field Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC, by and Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is often asked to comment on infectious diseases in the province. Questions about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common, and often get attention from both the public...

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Dashboard update: HIV and STIs in BC in Q4 of 2017

Mar 26, 2018 by Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

This is the dashboard report on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) trends in for the fourth quarter of 2017 (Sept – Dec 2017). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and STIs in...

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