CNS infections in Greenland: A nationwide register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous Arctic people suffer from high rates of infectious diseases. However, the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections is poorly documented. This study aimed to estimate incidence rates and mortality of CNS infections among Inuits and non-Inuits in Greenland and in Denmark.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide cohort study using the populations of Greenland and Denmark 1990-2012. Information on CNS infection hospitalizations and pathogens was retrieved from national registries and laboratories. Incidence rates were estimated as cases per 100,000 person-years. Incidence rate ratios were calculated using log-linear Poisson-regression. Mortality was estimated using Kaplan-Meier curves and Log Rank test.

Results

The incidence rate of CNS infections

SUBMITTER: Nordholm AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291447 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature