Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Epidemic of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Western Canada, 2005–2009

Gregory J. Tyrrell

, Marguerite Lovgren, Quazi Ibrahim, Sipi Garg, Linda Chui, Tyler J. Boone, Carol Mangan, David M. Patrick¹, Linda Hoang, Greg B. Horsman, Paul Van Caeseele, and Thomas J. Marrie²

Author affiliations: Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (G.J. Tyrrell, M. Lovgren, Q. Ibrahim, S. Garg, L Chui, T.J. Boone, C. Mangan, T.J. Marrie); University of Alberta, Edmonton (G.J. Tyrrell, M. Lovgren, Q. Ibrahim, S. Garg, L Chui, T.J. Boone, C. Mangan, T.J. Marrie); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (D.M. Patrick, L. Hoang); Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (G.B. Horsman); Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (P. Van Caeseele)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5 isolated in western Canada, 2000–2009, by province and month. NT, Nunavut; PQ, Quebec; ON, Ontario; MN, Manitoba; SK, Saskatchewan, AB, Alberta; BC, British Columbia.

Figure 1. . . Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5 isolated in western Canada, 2000–2009, by province and month. NT, Nunavut; PQ, Quebec; ON, Ontario; MN, Manitoba; SK, Saskatchewan, AB, Alberta; BC, British Columbia.

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¹Current affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

²Current affiliation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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