Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population

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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Main Authors: GY Minuk, A Sun, DF Sun, J Uhanova, LE Nicolle, B Larke, A Giulivi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/289059
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spelling doaj-2635f3b6dc4941d88e50cde7e6aa54382020-11-25T00:02:15ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian 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
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Serological Evidence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Indigenous North American Population
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
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