Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a Canadian Aboriginal Population: Results from the Prairie Study

Gerald Yosel Minuk; Meaghan O’Brien; Kim Hawkins; Didi Emokpare; James McHattie; Paul Harris; Lawrence Worobetz; Karen Doucette; Kelly Kaita; Stephen Wong; Gilles Pinette; Julia Uhanova

doi:10.1155/2013/963694

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a Canadian Aboriginal Population: Results from the Prairie Study

Gerald Yosel Minuk,
Meaghan O’Brien,
Kim Hawkins,
Didi Emokpare,
James McHattie,
Paul Harris,
Lawrence Worobetz,
Karen Doucette,
Kelly Kaita,
Stephen Wong,
Gilles Pinette,
Julia Uhanova

Affiliations

Gerald Yosel Minuk: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Meaghan O’Brien: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Kim Hawkins: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Didi Emokpare: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
James McHattie: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Paul Harris: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lawrence Worobetz: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Karen Doucette: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Kelly Kaita: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Stephen Wong: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gilles Pinette: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Julia Uhanova: Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/963694
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 12
pp. 707 – 710

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The Aboriginal population of Canada is at increased risk of exposure to the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Previous data indicate that spontaneous clearance of HCV occurs more often in Aboriginals than Caucasians. Whether this enhanced response extends to antiviral therapy for chronic HCV remains to be determined.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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