Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
THEME ISSUE
International Polar Year
Research
Invasive Bacterial Diseases in Northern Canada
, Marguerite Lovgren‡, and the Canadian International Circumpolar Surveillance Working Group
Table 7
Effect of universal PCV7 programs for children <2 y of age in the Canadian circumpolar region*
| Location, period | No. cases with PCV7 serotypes | No. cases without PCV7 serotypes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Québec and Nunavut | |||
| Prevaccination (1999–2002) | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| Program implementation (2003–2005) | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Total cases | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| Northwest Territories and Yukon | |||
| Prevaccination (1999–2002) | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Program implementation (2003–2005) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total cases | 9 | 5 | 14 |
*PCV7, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
1Current affiliation: National Centre for Immunisation, Research and Surveillance, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
2The Canadian International Circumpolar Surveillance Working Group includes the following members: Colleen Hemsley, Bryce Larke (Yukon Health and Social Services, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada); Cheryl Case, Norine Fraley (Northwest Territories Health and Social Services, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories); Carolina Palacios (Canada Nunavut Health and Social Services, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada); Robert Carlin (Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Montreal, Québec, Canada, and Ministère de Santé et Services Sociaux, Québec City, Quebec, Canada); Jean-François Proulx (Canada Direction de Santé Publique du Nunavik, Kuujjuak, Québec, Canada, and Ministère de Santé et Services Sociaux, Québec City, Quebec, Canada); Jane McGillivray, Paulette Roberts (Health Labrador Corporation, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada); Louise Jetté, Robert A. Laurence, Louise Ringuette (Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada); Marguerite Lovgren, Gregory Tyrrell (National Centre for Streptococcus, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada); Raymond Tsang (National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); Shelley L. Deeks, Christine Navarro, Nadine Abboud (Canada Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada); Michael G. Bruce, Tammy Zulz (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska, USA).