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(Seasonal) Influenza Surveillance Network Expands Across Canada
Article Date: 05 Dec 2008 - 4:00 PST
More than 12 million Canadians will be receiving an influenza shot by the end of this year without being certain how effective the vaccine will be against a virus that is constantly changing.
To monitor the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, a designated group of physicians (called sentinels) in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec will be submitting specimens from their patients who experience an influenza-like illness to their provincial health laboratories to be tested for influenza as part of a special CIHR-supported network of doctors from the four provinces.
The objective of the study is to track how well the vaccine protects people each year. Led by Dr. Danuta Skowronski from the University of British Columbia and clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory co-investigators in participating provinces, the network provides valuable information on how effective the influenza vaccine is every year; an issue that will be of critical importance in the event of an influenza pandemic.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The CIHR is the Government of Canada's health research funding agency, and is involved in׃
-- Supporting the work of more than 11,000 researchers and trainees in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada
-- Developing high-quality people, excellent science and training the next generation of health researchers
-- Funding research that improves Canadians' health, health care system and quality of life
-- Fostering commercialization, moving research discoveries from academic setting to the marketplace
-- Allocating 94 cents of every dollar directly to fund Canadian health researchers
Source
David Coulombe
Media Relations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://cihr-irsc.gc.ca
(Seasonal) Influenza Surveillance Network Expands Across Canada
Article Date: 05 Dec 2008 - 4:00 PST
More than 12 million Canadians will be receiving an influenza shot by the end of this year without being certain how effective the vaccine will be against a virus that is constantly changing.
To monitor the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, a designated group of physicians (called sentinels) in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec will be submitting specimens from their patients who experience an influenza-like illness to their provincial health laboratories to be tested for influenza as part of a special CIHR-supported network of doctors from the four provinces.
The objective of the study is to track how well the vaccine protects people each year. Led by Dr. Danuta Skowronski from the University of British Columbia and clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory co-investigators in participating provinces, the network provides valuable information on how effective the influenza vaccine is every year; an issue that will be of critical importance in the event of an influenza pandemic.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The CIHR is the Government of Canada's health research funding agency, and is involved in׃
-- Supporting the work of more than 11,000 researchers and trainees in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada
-- Developing high-quality people, excellent science and training the next generation of health researchers
-- Funding research that improves Canadians' health, health care system and quality of life
-- Fostering commercialization, moving research discoveries from academic setting to the marketplace
-- Allocating 94 cents of every dollar directly to fund Canadian health researchers
Source
David Coulombe
Media Relations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://cihr-irsc.gc.ca