Open AccessMeasles surveillance in Canada: 2018
Author(s) -
Cameron Coulby,
Francesca Reyes Domingo,
Joanne Hiebert,
Diane MacDonald
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canada communicable disease report
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1481-8531
pISSN - 1188-4169
DOI - 10.14745/ccdr.v46i04a04
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , vaccination , population , rubella , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , environmental health , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , demography , pediatrics , immunology , virology , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
Measles has been eliminated in Canada since 1998. Every year, the Public Health Agency of Canada presents epidemiologic evidence to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to verify that measles continues to be eliminated in Canada. The objectives of this article are to: provide an epidemiologic summary of measles activity reported in 2018 in Canada, and provide documented evidence to support the continued verification of measles elimination status in Canada.