Publications

probable outbreak of influenza b in a nursing home--ontario.		1988	3242880
influenza b outbreak in a home for the aged--ontario.		1988	3242892
myxovirus dissemination by air.	myxoviruses including 150 strains of parainfluenza 1, 15 of parainfluenza 3 and five of influenza b virus were isolated from nasopharyngeal secretions obtained from 300 children less than 3 years of age who developed acute laryngotracheobronchitis during the preceding 48 hours. the patients were examined between october 1966 and january 1967, the peak monthly rate of virus isolation (67%) occurring during january. parainfluenza 1 virus was isolated from air obtained in the vicinity of one of 30 ...	1967	4290621
surveillance for laboratory-confirmed influenza requiring hospital admission in adults, metropolitan toronto and peel region, 2004-2005 influenza season.		2005	16669120
appropriate measures of influenza immunization program effectiveness.	groll and thomson's evaluation of the effectiveness of ontario's universal influenza immunization campaign used per capita cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza. we argue that these data are susceptible to various biases and should not be used as an outcome measure. laboratory data are traditionally used to identify the presence of influenza activity rather than to identify levels of influenza activity. a better measure of viral activity is the proportion of influenza tests positive; whereas t ...	2007	17052813