Population-based survey of invasive bacterial diseases, Greenland, 1995-2004

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):76-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1401.071240.

Abstract

Invasive bacterial disease occurs frequently among native populations in the Arctic. Although a variety of bacteria are involved in invasive bacterial disease in Greenland, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and other staphylococci are responsible for most cases (69%); incidence varies according to region and ethnicity.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Data Collection
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / ethnology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / ethnology
  • Greenland / epidemiology
  • Greenland / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Inuit
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • White People