Publications

vaginal microbial flora as a cofactor in the pathogenesis of uterine cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.	the vaginal microbial flora of 106 women with histopathologically confirmed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and 79 women without disease, was evaluated for gardnerella vaginalis, trichomonas vaginalis, candida albicans and other yeasts. flora morphology was assessed by gram staining of secretions. cervical cultures were examined for herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus and neisseria gonorrhoeae. chlamydia trachomatis antigens in cervical secretions were detected by enzyme immunoassay. human ...	1992	1351005
epidemiology of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in manitoba, canada, 1975-92: cycles in incidence.	to determine the yearly incidence of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (jra) and to seek correlations between this and cyclic infections occurring in the province of manitoba, canada, during the same period.	1995	7791175
a system response to an outbreak of enzootic pneumonia in grow/finish pigs.	a mycoplasma hyopneumoniae-negative commercial swine production system broke with enzootic pneumonia at their grow/finish site in southern manitoba in october, 2003. system responses included feed medication, depopulation, delayed shipment of pigs to the infected site, vaccination of at risk sow herds, and disinfection when grow/finish site depopulation was completed.	2004	15532888
postweaning mortality in manitoba swine.	a case-control study to investigate the contribution of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (pmws) and porcine circovirus type 2 (pcv-2) to deaths among piglets of nursery age (19 to 68 d) in manitoba indicated a significant positive association between pcv-2 infection and an increased mortality rate in nursery pigs. the clinical syndrome pmws was seldom recognized in case or control herds; however, pcv-2 infection was widespread at the herd level. other factors more strongly associated w ...	2006	16850937