An Outbreak Of Infectious Hepatitis In Two Arctic Villages

Description:

The characteristics of an outbreak of infectious hepatitis in the Arctic are described. The relations between the geographic distribution of cases, the human contamination of the sources of water supply, and the explosive nature of the epidemic are propounded as reasons for the conclusion that this particular outbreak was the result of a fecal-oral mode of transmission with water acting as the causative-agent vehicle. Map. Bar chart. Bibliography.

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Diseases, Miscellaneous, Physiology

Original Date:

1957

Creator:

Spencer SM.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

Saturday Evening Post; Davis, TRA. An outbreak of infectious hepatitis in two arctic villages. NEJM 1957;256(19):881-84.

Identifier:

9902423

Subject:

Feces, Hepatitis, Sanitation, Water

Type:

Monograph