Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement

GY Minuk; LE Nicolle; T Gauthier; J Brunka

doi:10.1155/1991/750564

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1991)

Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement

GY Minuk,
LE Nicolle,
T Gauthier,
J Brunka

Affiliations

GY Minuk: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
LE Nicolle: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
T Gauthier: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Brunka: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1991/750564
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 71 – 73

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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