Hepatitis C virus (HCV) among Aboriginal people surveyed by three national enhanced surveillance systems in Canada : Infection au virus de l'hépatite C (VHC) chez les Autochtones interrogés par le biais des trois systèmes nationaux de surveillance accrue au Canada

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) among Aboriginal people surveyed by three national enhanced surveillance systems in Canada At a Glance Introduction In 2008, the reported rate of HCV was almost five HCV infections are not uniformly distributed among times higher among Aboriginal people compared the Canadian population1. [...] Being a female; variate analyses and adjusted odds ratios are not included X in this EpiUpdate, interpretation of factors associated with X Snorting and injecting drugs, particularly Dilaudid HCV must be made with caution as the effects of other and Ritalin; confounders were not controlled for in this document. [...] Year of diagnosis XXCompared to HCV positive EHSSS participants of other and injecting drugs, body piercing or tattooing, living ethnicities, a greater proportion of Aboriginal HCV posi- with an HCV carrier, and having more than one sexual tive participants reported risk factors such as snorting partner (Table 1). [...] XXBetween 1999 and 2005, the prevalence of HCV among XXAmong Aboriginal street-involved youth with evidence Aboriginal street-involved youth was 7.4%, compared of past or present HCV infection, 10% were also positive to 2.8% among street-involved youth of other ethnicities for HIV and over 97% had been previously diagnosed (p<0.05). [...] Among Aboriginal persons participating in EHSSS, the This report includes data on newly diagnosed acute and reported rate of HCV is higher among females than males.