Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

National Enteric Surveillance Program (NESP) (Health Canada)

Contacts
Frank Pollari
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention & Control
Population and Public Health Branch (Ontario)
Ontario/Nunavut Region
Health Canada
Tel: (519) 826-2184
Fax: (519) 826-2244
E-mail: Frank_Pollari@hc-sc.gc.ca

Marielle Pauzé
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention & Control
Population and Public Health Branch
Health Canada
Tel: (613) 954-3250
Fax: (613) 946-0798
E-mail: Marielle_Pauze@hc-sc.gc.ca

Rafiq Ahmed
National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens
National Microbiology Laboratory (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Health Canada
Tel: (204) 789-6013
Fax: (204) 789-5012
E-mail: Rafiq_Ahmed@hc-sc.gc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Health Canada

Purpose of Database
The collection, collation, and dissemination of laboratory-based surveillance data on enteric pathogens causing human disease provide a timely national view of enteric pathogens in Canada. Information is used to detect and investigate outbreaks, trigger intervention strategies and/or food recalls, and reduce risk factors, thereby contributing to better management of the economic burden of disease.

Content
Data on foodborne disease, waterborne disease, enteric infections; epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, reporting on these. Data types: pathological; epidemiological; biological. Data elements: include details on the pathogen phenotype and toxigenic markers, as well as risk factor information such as transmission source (animal, foodborne, waterborne) and travel history. Geolocator: province.

Year Database Established
1997

Coverage Period
1997 to 2001

Data Updates
Weekly

Data Providers
11 provincial laboratories send summary data.

Data Availability
Access to the data is restricted to employees of the Division of Enteric, Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases, Health Canada; and the National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens.

Reports
Monthly and annual reports on enteric pathogens are provided to provincial health laboratories, as well as to inter-agency and international stakeholders.