Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: Acquisition, transmission, population prevalence and disease-to-infection ratio

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-53

  Feldman, Roger A ^a,b   Eccersley, A James P ^a   Hardie, Jeremy M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031906782     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011678     Document Type: Review

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