Stratton E, Sweet L, Latorraca-Walsh A, Gully P R
Bloodborne Pathogens Group, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Can J Public Health. 1997 Mar-Apr;88(2):91-4. doi: 10.1007/BF03403868.
The prevalence of hepatitis C in Canada is not known. There is limited information on most small area populations such as Prince Edward Island.
A retrospective approach was used to obtain detailed information on all cases of hepatitis C identified in Prince Edward Island from December 1990 to September 1995. Cases were reviewed for demographic, clinical and risk factor information, including blood donation and transfusion histories.
There were 54 RIBA confirmed cases of hepatitis C infection included in the Prince Edward Island Hepatitis C Database, of which 38 (70%) were males. Age ranged from 18 to 76 years, with a mean age of 38 years. Twenty-eight (52%) of the cases had a history of injection drug use, and 24 (44%) had received blood or blood products in the past. There were five cases with neither of these risk factors identified.
The results suggest that, in this small, primarily rural population, injection drug use is the most common means of hepatitis C transmission, followed by receipt of blood or blood products.
加拿大丙型肝炎的患病率尚不清楚。关于爱德华王子岛等大多数小区域人群的信息有限。
采用回顾性方法获取1990年12月至1995年9月在爱德华王子岛确诊的所有丙型肝炎病例的详细信息。对病例进行人口统计学、临床和危险因素信息审查，包括献血和输血史。
爱德华王子岛丙型肝炎数据库纳入了54例经重组免疫印迹试验（RIBA）确诊的丙型肝炎感染病例，其中38例（70%）为男性。年龄范围为18至76岁，平均年龄为38岁。28例（52%）病例有注射吸毒史，24例（44%）过去接受过血液或血液制品。有5例未发现这些危险因素中的任何一种。
结果表明，在这个主要为农村的小群体中，注射吸毒是丙型肝炎传播的最常见途径，其次是接受血液或血液制品。
