Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement
| Autor: | T Gauthier, Lindsay E. Nicolle, J Brunka, Gerald Y. Minuk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Manitoba |
| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
High rate Hepatitis education.field_of_study biology Brief Report Hepatitis C virus Population Hepatitis A medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Virology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Liver disease Increased risk Immunology biology.protein medicine lcsh:RC109-216 Antibody education |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 71-73 (1991) |
| ISSN: | 1180-2332 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/1991/750564 |
| Popis: | Sera from 720 inhabitants of Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, a community with high rates of hepatitis A and B infection, were tested for antibody to hepatitis C virus by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Only two individuals (0.3%) were positive, a 63-year-old female and an unrelated 10-year-old male. Neither individual was at increased risk of hepatitis C virus exposure. The results of this study indicate that hepatitis C virus infection is no more common in this northern Canadian Inuit settlement than it is in the blood donor population of southern Canada. |
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