Clinical management of chronic hepatitis B infection in Alaska Native People: outcome and effectiveness of surveillance for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma and antiviral therapy to prevent cirrhosis
Pages 700-701 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):700-701
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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Pages 700-701 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):700-701
Alaska Native (AN) people were found to have high rates of acute and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the 1970s. AN children and young adults had the highest rate of HBV-related HCC ever recorded, reaching 3/100,000 in the early 1980s.