Cyclosporiasis: What Canadian Public Health Professionals Need to Know

Cyclosporiasis is an emerging foodborne parasitic disease that continues to pose public health challenges in Canada, particularly in outbreaks associated with imported fresh produce. Timely detection, effective surveillance, outbreak investigation, and coordinated public health responses are essential to reducing illness and preventing further transmission. Recent outbreaks in the USA are causing concern in North America.

What Canadian Public Health Needs to Know About Hantavirus

This episode of Infectious Questions podcast explores the Hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause severe and potentially life-threatening illness in humans. In this episode, we discuss the virus’s morphology and classification, how it is transmitted through exposure to infected rodent droppings, urine, and saliva, and the signs and symptoms of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS).

Emerging Viral Threats: What Canadian Public Health Needs to Know About Hantavirus and Ebola

This webinar provides Canadian public health stakeholders with an evidence-informed overview of Hantavirus infections and the current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, recently declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).