Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material
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Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material. / Melbye, M.; Bennike, T.; Ebbesen, P.
In: Ugeskrift for Laeger, Vol. 144, No. 34, 1982, p. 2473-2475.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material
AU - Melbye, M.
AU - Bennike, T.
AU - Ebbesen, P.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - On counting the incidence of infectious mononucleosis (MI) in Greenland during the period 1963-80, 82 cases were found. Information about ethnic status was not available. The observed cases were equivalent to 1/10 of the expected incidence based on the Danish MI incidence correlated to the total population in Greenland. Observed cases related to a given expected number of cases based on the non-inborn population in Greenland and the Danish MI incidence showed good correlation. In the period of 1970-79, eight patients with infectious mononucleosis were diagnosed. All were Danes born in Denmark or in Greenland to Danish parents. Infectious mononucleosis is thus a rarely reported illness among Eskimoes in Greenland which implies that the primary Epstein-Barr virus infection takes place in early childhood. The results from a high risk area of nasopharyngeal carcinoma such as Greenland thus correlated with similar observations in a high risk area for Burkitt's lymphoma such as Central-Africa.
AB - On counting the incidence of infectious mononucleosis (MI) in Greenland during the period 1963-80, 82 cases were found. Information about ethnic status was not available. The observed cases were equivalent to 1/10 of the expected incidence based on the Danish MI incidence correlated to the total population in Greenland. Observed cases related to a given expected number of cases based on the non-inborn population in Greenland and the Danish MI incidence showed good correlation. In the period of 1970-79, eight patients with infectious mononucleosis were diagnosed. All were Danes born in Denmark or in Greenland to Danish parents. Infectious mononucleosis is thus a rarely reported illness among Eskimoes in Greenland which implies that the primary Epstein-Barr virus infection takes place in early childhood. The results from a high risk area of nasopharyngeal carcinoma such as Greenland thus correlated with similar observations in a high risk area for Burkitt's lymphoma such as Central-Africa.
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M3 - Journal article
C2 - 7179519
AN - SCOPUS:0020332642
VL - 144
SP - 2473
EP - 2475
JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger
JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger
SN - 0041-5782
IS - 34
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