GIDS Research Radar ยท Ontario, Canada https://globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/ Published infectious-disease literature filtered to Ontario, Canada. en Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:45:11 GMT Wastewater Surveillance to Track Resurgent Measles Outbreak, Ontario, Canada, 2025. https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid3210-260092-34c1fe31/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid3210-260092-34c1fe31/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Demonstrates wastewater surveillance as a complementary tool for outbreak tracking and real-time assay development during a measles resurgence. Measles Surveillance Vaccination Outbreak investigation Journal article Healthcare-associated COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: case classification and relative mortality https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1186-s12879-026-13564-4-4d3f9a4c/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1186-s12879-026-13564-4-4d3f9a4c/ Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The authors frame nosocomial COVID-19 as a risk to healthcare workers and vulnerable patients and suggest that probabilistic classification can reduce misclassification that may bias severity estimates toward the null in surveillance programs. COVID-19 SARS Diagnostics Surveillance Outbreak investigation Vaccination Journal article Association between seasonal respiratory virus activity and invasive pneumococcal disease in central Ontario, Canada https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1186-s12879-025-12419-8-eb59206b/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1186-s12879-025-12419-8-eb59206b/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Authors suggest that preventing IPD may be a potential co-benefit of influenza and RSV vaccination initiatives. Influenza Invasive pneumococcal disease Vaccination Climate and environment Journal article Benefit-cost analysis of raccoon rabies control in Ontario, Canada https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1371-journal-pntd-0013696-c369d262/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1371-journal-pntd-0013696-c369d262/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT The findings support continued investment in wildlife rabies control and offer a scalable economic framework applicable to other zoonotic disease management programs using a One Health approach. Rabies One Health Vaccination Surveillance Journal article Measles seroprevalence among individuals serologically tested in Ontario, Canada https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-j-vaccine-2025-127446-f490c520/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1016-j-vaccine-2025-127446-f490c520/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Immunity gaps in adolescents, young adults, and young immigrants may complicate sustained measles elimination in Ontario, particularly given ongoing measles importations from abroad. Measles Vaccination Outbreak investigation Cross-sectional study Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster doses against Omicron severe outcomes https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1038-s41467-023-36566-1-324e003b/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-1038-s41467-023-36566-1-324e003b/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT Booster doses provided sustained protection against hospitalization or death for at least three months in older adults during Omicron waves. SARS COVID-19 Gastroenteritis Vaccination Outbreak investigation Vaccine effectiveness Journal article Echinococcus multilocularis Infection, Southern Ontario, Canada https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2502-180299-4627e67b/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2502-180299-4627e67b/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT The identified cluster overlaps dense human settlement, indicating possible zoonotic spread in a region once thought free of the parasite. Echinococcosis Surveillance Transmission dynamics One Health Journal article Measles Outbreak with Unique Virus Genotyping, Ontario, Canada, 2015 https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2307-161145-9a7e1bd1/ https://papers.globalinfectiousdisease.com/research/articles/10-3201-eid2307-161145-9a7e1bd1/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT Maintaining elimination in Ontario requires prompt genotype sequencing, thorough investigation, and awareness of surveillance gaps. Measles Surveillance Vaccination Outbreak investigation Journal article