Prospective study of the incidence of diarrheal disease and Helicobacter pylori infection among children in an orphanage in Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 796-800

  Isenbarger, Daniel W ^a,d   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^b   Nirdnoy, Warawadee ^a   Pitarangsi, Chittima ^a   Umpawasiri, Unchalee ^c   Echeverria, Peter ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rangsit Babies Home   (Thailand)

^d USAMC AFRIMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031758107     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.796     Document Type: Article

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