Seasonal Study of Enteric Infections in Alaskan Eskimos
- 1 January 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Public Health Reports®
- Vol. 74 (1) , 55-59
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4590370
Abstract
Eighty-eight (50.6%) of 174 individuals observed in an Eskimo community during a 1-year period gave a history of diarrhea. Cases were reported most often during July and August with children under 10 years of age accounting for 62.0% of the cases. Shigella flexneri 2a was isolated from 3 individuals. Parasitic infections were high in all age groups, with an average of 77.0% of the people infected. Entamoeba coli, Endolimax nana and Diphyllobothrium sp. were most numerous. Individual infection rates for Entamoeba histolytica and Diphyllobothrium sp. were 8.6% and 34.5%, respectively.Keywords
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