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Zoonotic infections

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Between 2005 and 2018 there were no human cases of anthrax, Echinococcus multilocularis, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, plague, psittacosis/ornithosis, rabies, trichinosis, or tularemia infections reported among Middlesex-London residents. The number of brucellosis and Q fever infections reported was low, at fewer than 10 cases for each disease across the 14-year period (Figure 9.6.1).

Interpretation:
Between 2010 and 2012 an Ontario-wide Q fever study was undertaken. Increased awareness of the infection may have contributed to increased testing and reporting of cases in 2011, both in Middlesex-London and Ontario.¹

Overall, between 2005 and 2018, zoonotic infections were rare among Middlesex-London residents. 

Figure 9.6.1 Zoonotic infections