| invasive bacterial diseases in northern canada. | international circumpolar surveillance (ics) is a population-based invasive bacterial disease surveillance network. participating canadian regions include yukon, northwest territories, nunavut, and northern regions of québec and labrador (total population 132,956, 59% aboriginal). clinical and demographic information were collected by using standardized surveillance forms. bacterial isolates were forwarded to reference laboratories for confirmation and serotyping. after pneumococcal conjugate va ... | 2008 | 18258074 |