Publications

syndromic surveillance of gastrointestinal illness using pharmacy over-the-counter sales. a retrospective study of waterborne outbreaks in saskatchewan and ontario.	to ascertain if monitoring over-the-counter (otc) drug sales could provide a timely syndromic surveillance method of detecting outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness.	2004	15622795
escherichia coli o157:h7 vaccine field trial in 9 feedlots in alberta and saskatchewan.	a feedlot trial was conducted to assess the efficacy of an escherichia coli o157:h7 vaccine in reducing fecal shedding of e. coli o157:h7 in 218 pens of feedlot cattle in 9 feedlots in alberta and saskatchewan. pens of cattle were vaccinated once at arrival processing and again at reimplanting with either the e. coli o157:h7 vaccine or a placebo. the e. coli o157:h7 vaccine included 50 microg of type iii secreted proteins. fecal samples were collected from 30 fresh manure patties within each fee ...	2005	16187717
genotypic characterization and prevalence of virulence factors among canadian escherichia coli o157:h7 strains.	in this study, the association between genotypic and selected phenotypic characteristics was examined in a collection of canadian escherichia coli o157:h7 strains isolated from humans and cattle in the provinces of alberta, ontario, saskatchewan, and quebec. in a subset of 69 strains selected on the basis of specific phage types (pts), a strong correlation between the lineage-specific polymorphism assay (lspa6) genotype and pt was observed with all strains of pts 4, 14, 21, 31, 33, and 87 belong ...	2008	18487402