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Dashboard update: HIV and STIs in BC in Q1 of 2017
Jun 21, 2017 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 first quarter of 2017 (January – March 2017). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and STIs in British Columbia...
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HIV diagnosis on first test and infection stage among HIV+ visible minority MSM in British Columbia
Jun 19, 2017 by Teddy Consolacion, Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
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In Canada, it is estimated that one in five people living with HIV are unaware of their status. Although HIV infection rates continue to decline overall in British Columbia, the rates for men who have sex with men (...
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Dashboard update: HIV and STIs in BC in Q4 of 2016
Mar 15, 2017 by Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
This is the dashboard report on STI and HIV trends in BC for the fourth quarter of 2016 (October – December 2016). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in...
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Dashboard update: HIV and STIs in BC in Q3 of 2016
Dec 21, 2016 by Jason Wong, Physician Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC
This is the dashboard report on STI and HIV trends in BC for the third quarter of 2016 (July – September). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in British Columbia.
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility trends in BC, 2006 to 2015
Nov 1, 2016 by Justin Sorge, Laboratory Surveillance and Outbreak Coordinator, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory
Background
In British Columbia (BC), there has been a steady increase in reported gonococcal (GC) infections since 1998. Most notably, there was a 70% increase in GC infections in 2015 (3,160 cases) compared with 2014 (1,803...
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