Evidence for ethnic tropism of Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3708-3712

  Campbell, Shalome ^a   Fraser, Alan ^b   Holliss, Brian ^c   Schmid, Jan ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANCER RISK; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEW ZEALAND; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0030931823     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3708-3712.1997     Document Type: Article

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