1. ONBOIDS: It just sounds neat. (Of course, it stands for the Ontario Burden of Infectious Disease Study)
2. Novel: No one in Canada has looked specifically at the burden of infectious diseases.
3. Collaboration: 7 authors, many more contributors.
4. Builds on previous international and Canadian work.
5. Big numbers, huge implications: In Ontario, there are over 7,000,000 infectious disease episodes and nearly 4,900 deaths from infectious diseases.
6. Identification...of the most burdensome infectious agents: hepatitis C virus (HCV), Streptococcus pneumoniae, human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), Escherichia coli, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS), Staphylococcus aureus, influenza, Clostridium difficile and rhinovirus
7. "The Big 5"...most burdensome infectious syndromes, that is: pneumonia, septicaemia, urinary tract infections, acute bronchitis and endocarditis.
8. The study defies public perception. Many of the pathogens ranked among the top 20 receive little recognition as significant contributors to disease burden in the population.
9. Some really great news: Childhood vaccination works, as the the mortality and morbidity associated with illnesses have been largely eliminated as a result of the success of routine childhood vaccination programs.
10. Informs decision-making, identifies areas of future research and action, and highlight gaps in data availability and quality.
For more information about the study, please go to the ICES website at: http://www.ices.on.ca/file/ONBOIDS_FullReport_intra.pdf
Or the OAHPP website at:
Thanks for the list and download links,
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