Population-based Survey of Invasive Bacterial Diseases, Greenland, 1995–2004

Invasive bacterial disease occurs frequently among native populations in the Arctic. Although a variety of bacteria are involved in invasive bacterial disease in Greenland, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other staphylococci are responsible for most cases (69%)...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Meyer, Annette, Ladefoged, Karin, Poulsen, Peter, Koch, Anders
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Subjects:
Dispatch
Arctic
Greenland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600147
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18258083
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1401.071240
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Summary:Invasive bacterial disease occurs frequently among native populations in the Arctic. Although a variety of bacteria are involved in invasive bacterial disease in Greenland, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other staphylococci are responsible for most cases (69%); incidence varies according to region and ethnicity.

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