POLIOMYELITIS IN CANADIAN ESKIMOS: LABORATORY STUDIES. V. TYPE 1 AND TYPE 3 POLIOMYELITIS ANTIBODY LEVELS IN BAFFIN ISLAND ESKIMOS

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology
• Main Authors: Wood, W., Clark, Eina M., Shimada, F. T., Rhodes, A. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1954
• Subjects: General Medicine; Baffin Island; Pangnirtung; Baffin; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y54-013; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/y54-013

Studies on the basic immunology of poliomyelitis in Canadian Eskimos have been continued. Some 87 sera collected from Eskimos at Pangnirtung, Baffin Island, have been examined for the presence of Type 1 and Type 3 poliomyelitis antibody by quantitative tests in tissue cultures. The same sera were pr...