Background Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become the
primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …

A child with a complicated medical history that included asplenia acquired an infection
withBabesia microtiin the summer of 2013 and had not travelled outside of Manitoba. Although …

Background: During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of reported
cases of COVID-19 among Canadians was under 6%. Although high vaccine coverage was …

Objective.To review the experiences at Winnipeg Children's Hospital (WCH) during the 2009
influenza season, with an emphasis on nosocomial transmission and infection prevention …

Objectives Document patient choices and screening performance (false positive and
detection rates) when three improved Down syndrome screening protocols were introduced …

Figure 1 shows a schematic of the pattern of antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Although immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies are widely regarded …

Background In 2022, there were outbreaks of Mpox where the disease is not endemic. We
summarised and compared the findings from published observational studies on the clinical …

Background Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …

Context Children and adolescents appear to play an important role in the transmission of
influenza. Selectively vaccinating youngsters against influenza may interrupt virus transmission …

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a newly discovered paramyxovirus, has been associated
with acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) ranging from upper ARIs to severe bronchiolitis …