Ontario Burden of Infectious Disease Study

Kwong JC, Crowcroft NS, Campitelli MA, Ratnasingham S, Daneman N, Deeks SL, Manuel DG. December 2010

Over the past decade, infectious diseases have regained prominence in Ontario, with outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7, West Nile virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and pandemic H1N1 influenza. The Ontario Burden of Infectious Disease Study (ONBOIDS) provides a current assessment of the mortality and morbidity of infectious disease in the province.

This report is a co-publication of ICES and the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.

Keywords: Infectious diseases