Prevalence of antibody to Helicobacter pylori in children in Northern Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 19-21

  Holcombe, C ^a   Tsimiri, S ^a   Jones, D M ^a   Eldridge, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0027530292     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90403-D     Document Type: Article

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