Helicobacter pylori serostatus in backpackers following travel to tropical countries

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Potasman, Israel ^a   Yitzhak, Amir ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; TROPICS;

EID: 0031899441     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.305     Document Type: Article

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