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Distribution and clinical impact of human respiratory syncytial virus genotypes in hospitalized children over 2 winter seasonsRodica Gilca
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
J Infect Dis 193:54-8. 2006..Group A and genotype GA2 strains were associated with greater severity of hRSV disease than were group B strains...
Trends of hepatitis A hospitalization and risk factors in Quebec, Canada, between 1990 and 2003Magalie Canuel
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
BMC Infect Dis 7:31. 2007..This study estimated the year and age specific hospitalization rates and distribution of risk factors for HA in Quebec, Canada, between 1990 and 2003...- Antibiotic use in children is not influenced by the result of rapid antigen detection test for the respiratory syncytial virusRoseline Thibeault
Universite Laval, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada
J Clin Virol 39:169-74. 2007..Rapid antigen detection test (RADT) for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is widely used in children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI), but its influence on antibiotic (AB) use is uncertain... 
Epidemiological patterns and hospital characteristics associated with increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infection in Quebec, Canada, 1998-2006Rodica Gilca
Direction des Risques Biologiques et de la Santé au Travail, Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31:939-47. 2010..To explore epidemiological patterns of the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and hospital characteristics associated with increased incidence during nonepidemic and epidemic years...- The changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Quebec, Canada, 1991-2011: potential implications of emergence of new strainsRodica Gilca
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e50659. 2012.... - Seasonal variations in Clostridium difficile infections are associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activity independently of antibiotic prescriptions: a time series analysis in Quebec, CanadaRodica Gilca
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 56:639-46. 2012..This association was observed at an aggregated level and may be indicative of other phenomena occurring during wintertime... - Effectiveness of pandemic H1N1 vaccine against influenza-related hospitalization in childrenRodica Gilca
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Pediatrics 128:e1084-91. 2011.... - Risk factors for hospitalization and severe outcomes of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Quebec, CanadaRodica Gilca
Quebec National Institute of Public Health, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Influenza Other Respi Viruses 5:247-55. 2011..CONCLUSIONS: Previously identified risk factors for seasonal influenza were also associated with increased risk of severe pH1N1 outcomes. The independent role of obesity needs to be further defined... - The need for validation of statistical methods for estimating respiratory virus-attributable hospitalizationRodica Gilca
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Quebec, PQ, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 170:925-36. 2009..Until these methods are validated, their methodological limitations should be made explicit and proxy estimates used cautiously in guiding public policy... - Human bocavirus infections in hospitalized children and adultsJean Longtin
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 14:217-21. 2008..Two clades of HBoV were identified. The pathogenic role of HBoV in RTIs is uncertain because it was frequently detected in symptomatic and asymptomatic children and was commonly found with other viruses in symptomatic children... - Infections by human coronavirus-NL in hospitalized childrenGuy Boivin
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:1045-8. 2005..Little information is available on the incidence, clinical manifestations and epidemiologic features of HCoV-NL infections... - Antibody persistence and response to 2010-2011 trivalent influenza vaccine one year after a single dose of 2009 AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccine in childrenVladimir Gilca
Quebec Public Health Institute, Canada
Vaccine 30:35-41. 2011..In 2009, several countries used the ASO3-adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 vaccine. We assessed the persistence of antibody and the priming induced by a single paediatric dose of this vaccine in children... - Human metapneumovirus infections in hospitalized childrenGuy Boivin
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Quebec City, Canada
Emerg Infect Dis 9:634-40. 2003..HMPV is an important cause of illness in young children with a similar, although less severe, clinical presentation to that of HRSV... - School absenteeism as an adjunct surveillance indicator: experience during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in Quebec, CanadaChristelle Aïcha Kom Mogto
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e34084. 2012..A school absenteeism surveillance system was implemented in the province of Quebec, Canada during the second wave of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. This paper compares this surveillance approach with other available indicators...