Lab Results
Complete Blood Count
1. Toward Optimized Practice Iron Deficiency Anemia Committee. 2018 March. Iron deficiency anemia clinical practice guideline. Edmonton, AB: Toward Optimized Practice. Available from: http://www.topalbertadoctors.org
2. Alberta Health Services. Iron and Your Health. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/if-nfs-iron-and-your-health.pdf (Accessed March 31, 2020)
3. Weller PF, Klion AD. Approach to the patient with unexplained eosinophilia. Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. www.uptodate.com (Accessed January 8, 2019)
4. Soentjens P, Clerinx J. Schistosomiasis: Treatment and prevention. Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. www.uptodate.com (Accessed January 23, 2020)
5. Berliner N. Approach to the adult with unexplained neutropenia. Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. www.uptodate.com (Accessed January 8, 2019)
G6PD Deficiency
1. Glader B. Diagnosis and management of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Post TW, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc. www.uptodate.com (Accessed January 8, 2019)
2. World Health Organization. Testing for G6PD deficiency for safe use of primaquine in radical cure of P. vivax and P. ovale (Policy brief). October 2016.
3. Caring for Kids New to Canada. G6PD Deficiency. https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/conditions/g6pd (Accessed December 5, 2019)
Hemoglobinopathies
1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Thalassemias. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/thalassemias (Accessed January 8, 2019)
2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Sickle Cell Disease. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/sickle-cell-disease (Accessed January 8, 2019)
3. Canadian Haemoglobinopathy Association. Consensus Statement on the Care of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Canada. Version 2.0. Ottawa; 2015.
Hepatitis B
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologic Test Results. https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/pdfs/serologicchartv8.pdf (Accessed January 8, 2019)
2. Public Health Agency of Canada. Primary Care Management of Hepatitis B - Quick Reference. Ottawa; March 2013.
Hepatitis C
1. Shah H, Bilodeau M, Burak KW, et al. The management of chronic hepatitis C: 2018 guideline update from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver. CMAJ. 2018;190(22):E677-E687.
HIV
1. Lee E. Canadian HIV guidelines. Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE). https://www.catie.ca/prevention-in-focus/canadian-hiv-guidelines (Accessed August 27, 2022)
Latent Tuberculosis
1. Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) Active Tuberculosis Working Group. 2011 November. Diagnosis and management of active tuberculosis clinical practice guideline. Edmonton, AB: Toward Optimized Practice. Available from: http://www.topalbertadoctors.org
2. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th Edition. Ottawa; 2014.
Schistosomiasis
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Schistosomiasis - Resources for Health Professionals. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/health_professionals/index.html (Accessed December 13, 2019)
2. Friedman JF, Olveda RM, Mirochnick MH, Bustinduy AL, Elliott AM. Praziquantel for the treatment of schistosomiasis during human pregnancy. Bull World Health Organ. 2017;96(1):59-65.
3. Beeching N, Gill G. Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes. 7th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 2014. Chapter 17, Schistosomiasis; p. 151-62.
Strongyloidiasis
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Strongyloides - Resources for Health Professionals. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/strongyloides/health_professionals/index.html (Accessed December 13, 2019)
2. Beeching N, Gill G. Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes. 7th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 2014. Chapter 14, Onchocerciasis, filariasis and loiasis; p. 126-40.
3. The Medical Letter. Drugs for Parasitic Infections. 2013; Vol. 11 (Suppl).
4. Nuesch R, Zimmerli L, Stockli R, Gyr N, Christoph Hatz FR. Imported strongyloidosis: a longitudinal analysis of 31 cases. J Travel Med. 2005 Mar-Apr;12(2):80-4.
Syphilis
1. Public Health Agency of Canada. Section 5-10: Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections- Management and treatment of specific infections – Syphilis. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/infectious-diseases/sexual-health-sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines/sexually-transmitted-infections/canadian-guidelines-sexually-transmitted-infections-27.html (Accessed July 31, 2019)