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.

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Melbye, M, Bennike, T & Ebbesen, P 1982, 'Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material', Ugeskrift for Laeger, vol. 144, no. 34, pp. 2473-2475.

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Melbye, M., Bennike, T., & Ebbesen, P. (1982). Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material. Ugeskrift for Laeger, 144(34), 2473-2475.

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Melbye M, Bennike T, Ebbesen P. Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material. Ugeskrift for Laeger. 1982;144(34):2473-2475.

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Melbye, M. ; Bennike, T. ; Ebbesen, P. / Infectious mononucleosis in Greenland. Assessment on the basis of statistical notifications and a ten-year hospital material. In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 1982 ; Vol. 144, No. 34. pp. 2473-2475.

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abstract = "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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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.

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