Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in houseflies (Musca domestica) on three continents

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9130, 1998, Pages 788-789

  Grübel, Peter ^a   Huang, Lili ^b   Masubuchi, Naoko ^b   Stutzenberger, Fred J ^b   Cave, David R ^b  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSE FLY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032487065     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60683-6     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. 1 Grübel P, Hoffman JS, Chong FK, Burstein NA, Mepani C, Cave DR. Vector potential of houseflies (Musca domestica) for Helicobacter pylori. J Clin Microbiol 1997; 35: 1300-03.
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3. 3 Gough AC, Ozmen MM, Pimrose JN, Johnson CD. Houseflies but not dental plaque are environmental reservoirs for Helicobacter pylori infection. Gut 1998; 42: TF321 (abstract).
4. 4 Huang L, Grübel P, Masubuchi N, Goddard PJ, Hoffman JS, Cave DR. Detection of Helicobacter pylori in contaminated samples using polymerase chain reaction based on the isocitrate dehydrogenase gene. Gastroenterology 1998; 114: G0634 (abstract).
5. 5 Grübel P, Cave DR. Sanitation and houseflies (Musca domestica): factors for the transmission of Helicobacter pylori. Bull Inst Pasteur 1998; 96: 83-91.