Increased Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease Associated with Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency

Increased Risk of Invasive Meningococcal Disease Associated with Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency

Surveillance of Invasive Meningococcal Disease

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a nationally reportable disease in Canada. Since 1985, the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) has enhanced IMD surveillance to correlate case-by-case information provided by the provinces and territories with detailed laboratory studies done at the National Laboratory for Bacteriology at LCDC. This report provides information on IMD from 1 Janua...

Secondary cases of meningococcal disease.

Obesity is associated with increased risk of invasive penile cancer

BACKGROUND To validate the association between obesity and penile cancer at a population level, we conducted a matched case-control study linking the Iowa Department of Motor Vehicles Drivers' License Database (DLD) with cancer surveillance data collected by the State Health Registry of Iowa (SHRI). METHODS All men diagnosed with invasive penile squamous cell carcinoma from 1985 to 2010 were ...

Virus-associated apoptosis of blood neutrophils as a risk factor for invasive meningococcal disease

AIMS To quantify a range of haematological indicators of viral infection (leucocyte apoptosis, cytopenia of normal lymphocytes, reactive lymphocyte increase, neutropenia) in patients with recent onset invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), with a view to test the association of viral infection with IMD and identify possible haematological risk factors for its development. SUBJECTS AND METHODS ...