No abstract

Among Alaskian natives the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) occurs at a rate somewhat less than that reported for native Americans indigenous to temperate latitudes. Cases occurred in both the arctic and subarctic regions of the state and among all but one of the ethnically distinct native population groups. No striking male predisposition was evident. These findings are, in general, similar to previously reported accounts from the states of California and Washington. Any theory of SIDS epidemiogenesis must take into account its wide geoethnic and peculiar sex distribution.

STOKES (1) working with a summer camp population, Gellis (£) with U.S. Armed Forces personnel, and Havens (3) with chil¬ dren in an orphanage reported independently in 1945 that immune serum globulin effectively prevented infectious hepatitis. Subsequently, other studies (A-10) of populations in institu¬ tions and among families involved in outbreaks confirmed and extended these observations. In contrast to these studies of restricted popu¬ lations, Clark (11) in 1960 reported on a gen¬ eral population. His was the first study on the use and effectiveness of immune globulin for prophylaxis of infectious hepatitis in an open population. Though our study was somewhat different in design, its purpose was similar. It was undertaken to evaluate a local program in which private physicians and the Seattle-King County (Wash.

No abstract