Puvalluttuq: An Epidemic of Tuberculosis at Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories

An explosive epidemic of tuberculosis in a small isolated settlement is described. This outbreak, in a population of 329 Eskimos and 16 whites, produced 80 cases of active tuberculosis, involving 55% of all the house-holds. Forty-five of these patients were children under 10 years of age and only fi...

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Main Author: Moore, P. E.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1964
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Eskimo Point
Northwest Territories
eskimo*
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1927161
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14144539
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1927161 2023-05-15T16:06:50+02:00 Puvalluttuq: An Epidemic of Tuberculosis at Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories Moore, P. E. 1964-05-23 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1927161 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14144539 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1927161 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14144539 Original Articles Text 1964 ftpubmed 2013-08-31T23:47:10Z An explosive epidemic of tuberculosis in a small isolated settlement is described. This outbreak, in a population of 329 Eskimos and 16 whites, produced 80 cases of active tuberculosis, involving 55% of all the house-holds. Forty-five of these patients were children under 10 years of age and only five were persons over 30. These patients probably were infected by one highly infectious individual. Text eskimo* Northwest Territories PubMed Central (PMC) Eskimo Point Northwest Territories
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