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

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

Author(s) -

GY Minuk,

T. Anthony Sun,

DF Sun,

Julia Uhanova,

LE Nicolle,

Bryce Larke,

Antonio Giulivi

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2007/289059

Subject(s) - hepatitis e virus , serology , seroprevalence , virology , population , virus , biology , antibody , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis e , genotype , medicine , immunology , gene , environmental health , biochemistry , electrical engineering , engineering

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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