Table 1 Study and participant characteristics
From: Seroprevalence of hepatitis A infection in a low endemicity country: a systematic review
Study | Study Design | Study Year | n | Population | Location | Age in years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PUBLISHED LITERATURE |  |  |  |  |  | Mean ± SD or (range) |
Ochnio 2005* [22] | P | 2000–1 | 811 | Grade 9 students | British Columbia | (14–15) |
Muecke 2004* [23] | CC | 2001 | 492 | Day-care educators | Montreal | 37 |
Minuk 2003 [24] | P | 1999 | 315 | First Nations | Manitoba | 34 ± 15 |
Ochnio 2001 [25] | P | 1998 | 494 | Street youth, IDU, MSM | Vancouver | 19, 35, 34 |
Smieja 2001 [26] | CC | 1997–8 | 179 | IHD patients | Hamilton | 61 (38–81) |
Kiefer 2000 [27] | R | 1997 | 343 | Hepatitis C patients | Edmonton | 40 (0–95) |
Allard 2001 [28] | P | 1995–97 | 353 | Gay men | Montreal | 37 |
Moses 2002 [29] | P | 1995–6 | 533 | Street people | Winnipeg | 26 (11–65) |
Roy 2002 [30] | R | 1995–6 | 427 | Street youth | Montreal | (14–25) |
Ochnio 1997 [31] | P | 1995–6 | 224 | Grade 6 students | Vancouver | (10–12) |
De Serres 1997 [32] | P | 1995 | 85 | Sewer workers | Quebec | 36 ± 7 |
De Serres 1995 [33] | CC | 1995 | 228 | Sewer workers | Quebec | 41 (28–64) |
Smieja 2003 [34] | R | 1993–5 | 3127 | CV or high risk diabetes | Canada | 65 |
Payment 1991 [18] | P | 1988–9 | 617 | French-Canadian | Montreal | (9–79) |
Embil 1989 [35] | P | 1981–3 | 2036 1922 | 1/CF recruits 2/CF males | Nova Scotia, Quebec, Posted abroad | 1/(15–25) 2/26 (17–53) |
Nicolle 1986 [36], Minuk 1985 [37] | P | 1982 | 172 | Chesterfield Inlet | Northwest Territories | 0 – 78 |
Crewe 1983 [38] | P | 1981–2 | 304 | Children attending outpatient clinic | Halifax | (0.5–16) |
Minuk 1982 [39] Minuk 1982 [40] | P | 1980 | 720 | Inuit | Northwest Territories | (0.3–86) |
McFarlane 1980 [41] | P, R | 1980 | 243 152 293 & 282 | 1/STD clinic patients 2/Student nurses 3/2 groups of blood donors | Nova Scotia | 1/(16–26) 2/(18–24) 3/(16–26) & (51–65) |
Buchner 1980 [42] | R | 1980 | 5097 | Blood donors | Toronto | <21, >60 |
Richer 1982 [55] | R | 1970–79 | 447 | Samples of acute viral hepatitis | Montreal | Not reported |
Minuk 1994 [43] | P | 1974–8 | 42 | Household transmission | Winnipeg | 27 ± 12 |
Minuk 2003 [44] | SR | 1980–2000 | 1706 | Inuit and First Nations | Various locations | 0–60+ |
McFarlane 1982 [45] | P | NR | 154 | Institutions | Nova Scotia | (13–28) |
McFarlane 1981 [46] | P | NR | 130 | Patients with hematological malignancy | Nova Scotia | (4–76) |
GREY LITERATURE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Duval 2005* [48] | P | 2003 | 1057 | Canadian aged 8–13 | Canada | (8–13) |
Wu 2005 [47] | R | 1992–9 | NR | Subjects tested for HAV infection | Manitoba | Not reported |
Ochnio 2004 [49] | P | 2003 | 585 | Young adults | Vancouver | (20–39) |
Cook 2000 [19] | R | 2000 | 1206 | Women of child-bearing age | British Columbia | (15–44) |
Harb 2000 [50] | P | 1999 | 172 | First Nations | British Columbia | (0–40+) |
Levy 2001 [51] | P | 1997 | 1000 | University students | Toronto | 25 ± 5 |
Ford-Jones 1995 [52] | P | 1993 | 122 | Day-care providers | Toronto | Not reported |
Ochnio 1995 [53] | P | 1994–5 | 1019 | Clients to travel clinic | Vancouver | (2–69+) |
Kocuipchyk 1995 [54] | P | 1991–2 | 505 | Individuals attending travel clinic | Edmonton | (16–60+) |