Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland: A disease of the non-indigenous population
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Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland : A disease of the non-indigenous population. / Melbye, Mads; Ebbesen, Peter; Bennike, Torbjörn.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Bind 16, Nr. 1, 1984, s. 9-15.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland
T2 - A disease of the non-indigenous population
AU - Melbye, Mads
AU - Ebbesen, Peter
AU - Bennike, Torbjörn
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Greenland Eskimos have one of the highest incidences of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the world. Asian and African areas endemic for NPC show early infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and few cases of infectious mononucleosis (IM). Among 40000 Eskimos and 10000 Caucasians in Greenland there were 82 reported cases of IM from 1963 to 1980. Incidence rates from 1975 to 1980, age adjusted to the "world" population distribution, were 12.0 and 5.2/100 000/yr for males and females, respectively. Comparable Danish data revealed incidence rates of 97.4 and 105.1. From 1970 to 1981 Greenland hospital records verified 16 cases, of which only 2 were in Eskimos. The IM incidence in Eskimos is extremely low, and Danes living in Greenland have a comparatively much higher incidence.
AB - Greenland Eskimos have one of the highest incidences of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the world. Asian and African areas endemic for NPC show early infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and few cases of infectious mononucleosis (IM). Among 40000 Eskimos and 10000 Caucasians in Greenland there were 82 reported cases of IM from 1963 to 1980. Incidence rates from 1975 to 1980, age adjusted to the "world" population distribution, were 12.0 and 5.2/100 000/yr for males and females, respectively. Comparable Danish data revealed incidence rates of 97.4 and 105.1. From 1970 to 1981 Greenland hospital records verified 16 cases, of which only 2 were in Eskimos. The IM incidence in Eskimos is extremely low, and Danes living in Greenland have a comparatively much higher incidence.
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U2 - 10.3109/00365548409068403
DO - 10.3109/00365548409068403
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 6695160
AN - SCOPUS:0021337274
VL - 16
SP - 9
EP - 15
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement
SN - 0300-8878
IS - 1
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