Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. Recently, HEV transmission has been reported following the consumption of deer meat. Because deer are closely related to caribou and caribou meat is a staple of the Canadian Inuit and the American Eskimo diet...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Main Authors: GY Minuk, A Sun, DF Sun, J Uhanova, LE Nicolle, B Larke, A Giulivi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007
Subjects:
Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
RC799-869
eskimo*
inuit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/289059
https://doaj.org/article/2635f3b6dc4941d88e50cde7e6aa5438
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. Recently, HEV transmission has been reported following the consumption of deer meat. Because deer are closely related to caribou and caribou meat is a staple of the Canadian Inuit and the American Eskimo diet, the present study explored the seroprevalence of HEV infection in an isolated Canadian Inuit community.

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