Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement
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1991-1-1
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Minuk, GY
Nicolle, LE
Gauthier, T
Brunka, J
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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.
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GY Minuk, LE Nicolle, T Gauthier, and J Brunka, “Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in an Isolated Canadian Inuit Settlement,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 71-73, 1991. doi:10.1155/1991/750564