| comprehensive seroepidemiologic study of hepatitis b virus infection in the northwest territories of canada. | | 1988 | 3272722 |
| relationship between tuberculin reactivity and hepatitis b virus infection in the northwest territories. | of 370 nwt inuit or dene who were hbsag-positive, only 31 had hbeag. persons who were ppd negative were 6.2 times more likely to be hbeag-positive than those who were ppd positive, but this inverse association applied only to those 30 years of age. we further analyzed a group of 3,378 inuit whose status was known for hbv serologic markers and ppd reactivity. overall, a significantly greater proportion (76.2%) of hbsag positives were ppd reactive in comparison to those positive for anti-hbs (67.2 ... | 1991 | 1365158 |
| extension of the epidemiology of hepatitis b in circumpolar regions through a comprehensive serologic study in the northwest territories of canada. | we conducted a seroepidemiologic study of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection among 14,198 inuit (eskimo), dene (indian), and non-native inhabitants of the northwest territories (nwt, total 1982 population 47,053) between april 1983 and march 1985. participants represented almost all of the nwt communities and included approximately half of the total indigenous population. sera were screened for hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and antibody to hepatitis b surface antigen (anti-hbs) by radioimmu ... | 1987 | 3625175 |