Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement
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...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/750564 http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cjidmm/1991/750564.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1155/1991/750564 |
| Summary: | 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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