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At least 116 people infected in mumps outbreak in western Canada

xinhuanet.com
27-Aug-2008
        
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OTTAWA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 116 people have been confirmed of being infected and another 74 suspected cases under investigation following a mumps outbreak in western Canada's British Columbia province, health officials said Tuesday. The outbreak began in a religious community in the Fraser Valley when two people from neighboring Alberta province carried the mumps there. Due to their religious belief,... [read full story]                    

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Two-thirds of mumps cases likely going undetected

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Two-thirds of mumps cases likely going undetected

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29-Aug-2008
        

The mumps outbreak spreading through parts of the Fraser Valley could be three times as large as the 191 cases health officials have identified so far.''We know that two-thirds of the cases we're probably not even seeing....

                   

B.C. schools await word on mumps vaccine for students

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28-Aug-2008
        

Ministry of Healthy Living taking a wait-and-see approach to Fraser Valley outbreak CATHRYN ATKINSON AND ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY From Thursday's Globe and Mail SQUAMISH AND VANCOUVER — B.C. Education Minister Shirley Bond...

                   

Schools await word on mumps vaccine for students

theglobeandmail.com
28-Aug-2008
        

B.C. Education Minister Shirley Bond says her staff will be ready if called upon to arrange for mumps vaccinations in schools after they reopen next week.In an interview yesterday, Ms. Bond had concerns that returning...

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B.C. health officials warn public about mumps outbreak

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27-Aug-2008
        

The Canadian Press AGASSIZ, B.C. -- A British Columbia health official says a spreading mumps outbreak began with a Fraser Valley religious group that shuns immunization. "It's part of their belief system that this is...

cbc.ca: The Fraser Health Authority issued this map of mumps cases documented in the region in 2008 - up to Aug. 18. cbc.ca

Mumps outbreak spreads into Metro Vancouver

cbc.ca
27-Aug-2008
        

The Fraser Health Authority issued this map of mumps cases documented in the region in 2008 - up to Aug. 18. (Fraser Health) An outbreak of the mumps in the Fraser Valley has prompted health officials to warn people to...

Mumps outbreak began with unimmunized religious group

theglobeandmail.com
27-Aug-2008
        

AGASSIZ, B.C. — A British Columbia health official says a spreading mumps outbreak began with a Fraser Valley religious group that shuns immunization. “It's part of their belief system that this is not the right thing to...

Mumps outbreak in Metro Vancouver (B.C.)

castanet.net
26-Aug-2008
        

There have been 166 confirmed and suspected cases of mumps in B.C. since an outbreak of the disease in February, the provincial health officer said Tuesday. Experts from the Fraser Health Authority are still meeting to...

Mumps outbreak spreads in Metro Vancouver: health official

cbc.ca
26-Aug-2008
        

There have been 166 confirmed and suspected cases of mumps in B.C. since an outbreak of the disease in February, the provincial health officer said Tuesday. Experts from the Fraser Health Authority are still meeting to...