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Join our Sentinel Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) study and contribute to the accurate measurement of circulating influenza strains, including H1N1, in Ontario. You will be helping to inform Canada’s vaccination policies and can receive timely results about your patients’ diagnoses, while collecting compensation for each laboratory sample, taken at the rate of $10 per specimen sent to the laboratory.
Ontario will continue to participate during the 2010-2011 influenza season in this important sentinel VE study in order to evaluate how well the influenza vaccine works each year. British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec are also participating. The VE study is being conducted in collaboration with the College of Family Physicians of Canada National Research System (NaReS).
Ontario has received provincial and national ethics board approval to participate in the VE surveillance network. Your participation in the VE study will bring valuable knowledge to your practice, including the tracking of influenza-like illness (ILI).
Consent to participate in the study.
Please contact Romy Olsha, VE Study co-ordinator, at 416-235-6242 or romy.olsha@oahpp.ca. |
