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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 29(2), 1980, pp. 298-312
Copyright © 1980 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Infectious Disease Patterns in the Waorani, an Isolated Amerindian Population*

Jonathan E. Kaplan, James W. Larrick, James Yost, Larry Farrell, Harry B. Greenberg, Kenneth L. Herrmann, Alexander J. Sulzer, Kenneth W. Walls AND Lois Pederson
Research Service, U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center, and University of New Mexico Affiliated Hospitals, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, Division of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Casilla 5080, Quito, Ecuador, Clinical Serological Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20205, and Virology Division and Parasitology Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

The Waorani Indians of eastern Ecuador provide a unique opportunity for studying exposure of an isolated human population to various infectious disease agents. Using serologic tests to determine antibody prevalence, skin test data, and stool examination for parasites, we have been able to construct a profile of infectious diseases which are endemic, and others which have been introduced into the Waorani population. These findings are compared with similar data reported from elsewhere in the Amazon. Serologic studies demonstrating the presence of antibody to measles and poliovirus type 3 after vaccination indicate that the Waorani respond normally to viral challenge with these agents. The question of genetic inability among aboriginal Amerindians to respond to viral agents is discussed. Finally, general recommendations are made regarding the future health care of the Waorani.

Accepted for publication May 18, 1979.


* Address reprint requests to: Dr. Kenneth L. Herrmann, Virology Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.






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