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Evaluation and Analysis of the Canadian Surveillance System for West Nile Virus

West Nile virus (WNv) is an arbovirus and is transmitted by infected mosquitoes after feeding on the blood of birds carrying the virus. The Canadian WNv national surveillance system has just completed its tenth year of operation. The thesis is to evaluate the surveillance system and analyze multi-year human data. The evaluation includes the use of multiple lines of complementary methods such as the US CDC surveillance guidelines, Canadian Evaluation Framework, document review and a survey. Logistic and Poisson regressions were used for data analyses. WNv has become endemic in most parts of Canada since the virus occurred in 2001. The virus activity is peak around August. High numbers of human cases with WNv neurological syndrome identified pose a significant health concern due to the long term sequelae among affected patients. WNv national surveillance met its main objectives and there is a continual need for the surveillance.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOU-OLD./23239
Date07 September 2012
CreatorsZheng, Hui
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThèse / Thesis

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