Syndromic Surveillance of Norovirus Using over the Counter Sales of Medications related to Gastrointestinal Illness

Victoria L Edge; Frank Pollari; Lai King; Pascal Michel; Scott A McEwen; Jeffrey B Wilson; Michael Jerrett; Paul N Sockett; S Wayne Martin

doi:10.1155/2006/958191

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2006)

Syndromic Surveillance of Norovirus Using over the Counter Sales of Medications related to Gastrointestinal Illness

Victoria L Edge,
Frank Pollari,
Lai King,
Pascal Michel,
Scott A McEwen,
Jeffrey B Wilson,
Michael Jerrett,
Paul N Sockett,
S Wayne Martin

Affiliations

Victoria L Edge: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Frank Pollari: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Lai King: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pascal Michel: Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Scott A McEwen: Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Jeffrey B Wilson: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Michael Jerrett: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Paul N Sockett: Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
S Wayne Martin: Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/958191
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 235 – 241

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether over-the-counter (OTC) sales of gastrointestinal illness (GI)-related medications are associated with temporal trends of reportable community viral, bacterial and parasitic infections.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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