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Parasitological problems in high northern latitudes, with particular reference to Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

T. W. M. Cameron  and
L. P. E. Choquette
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Disease in the Canadian Arctic has, until quite recently, been of minor concern to the world. The Eskimo and northern Indian lived in a climate which was antagonistic to contact diseases and very little attention was paid to indigenous infections. During the past decade, more and more white men have gone to the Arctic to survey and mine its abundant natural resources, and to work on such projects as the DEW Line. This influx of personnel introduced bacteria and European viruses to a native population which had no resistance or immunity to the diseases of civilization, and consequently even such mild viruses as those producing colds have caused serious illnesses and mild epidemics; the introduction of tuberculosis has had tragic results.

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Polar Record , Volume 11 , Issue 74 , May 1963 , pp. 567 - 577
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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