Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. Recently, HEV transmission has been reported following the consumption of deer meat. Because deer are closely related to caribou and caribou meat is a staple of the Canadian Inuit and the American Eskimo diet...
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| author | GY Minuk A Sun DF Sun J Uhanova LE Nicolle B Larke A Giulivi |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. Recently, HEV transmission has been reported following the consumption of deer meat. Because deer are closely related to caribou and caribou meat is a staple of the Canadian Inuit and the American Eskimo diet, the present study explored the seroprevalence of HEV infection in an isolated Canadian Inuit community. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2635f3b6dc4941d88e50cde7e6aa54382025-02-03T01:21:08ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002007-01-0121743944210.1155/2007/289059Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American PopulationGY Minuk0A Sun1DF Sun2J Uhanova3LE Nicolle4B Larke5A Giulivi6Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaYukon Health and Social Services, Whitehorse, Yukon, CanadaCentre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections are thought to be uncommon in North America. Recently, HEV transmission has been reported following the consumption of deer meat. Because deer are closely related to caribou and caribou meat is a staple of the Canadian Inuit and the American Eskimo diet, the present study explored the seroprevalence of HEV infection in an isolated Canadian Inuit community.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/289059 |
| spellingShingle | GY Minuk A Sun DF Sun J Uhanova LE Nicolle B Larke A Giulivi Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population |
| title_full | Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population |
| title_fullStr | Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population |
| title_short | Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population |
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