Newfoundland and Labrador Communicable Disease Surveillance - 2023 Annual Report - Department of Health and Community Services

Table of Contents

• Newfoundland and Labrador Communicable Disease Surveillance 1
• A Message from the Chief Medical Officer of Health 2
• A Vision to Transform Canadas Public Health System 2
• Table of Contents 3
• Section 1 Introduction 4
• Section 2 Highlights 5
• 2.1 Diseases Transmitted via Direct Contact and the Respiratory Route 5
• 2.2 Enteric Food and Waterborne Diseases 6
• Escherichia coli E. coli E. coli Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli 6
• 2.3 Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Infections 7
• 2.4 Vector-borne and Other Zoonotic Diseases 8
• 2.5 Vaccine Preventable Diseases 8
• Section 3 Reportable Events 9
• 3.1 Reportable Disease Events in Humans 9
• 3.2 Reportable Disease Events in Animals 11
• Section 4 Outbreaks 12
• 4.1 Facility Outbreaks 12
• 4.2 Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks 12
• Section 5 Public Health Emergencies 13
• Technical Notes 14
• Data Sources 14
• Endnotes 14