Helicobacter pylori in the natural environment

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-279

  Sasaki, Kanae ^a   Tajiri, Yoshito ^a   Sata, Michio ^b   Fujii, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsubara, Futoshi ^a   Zhao, Mangen ^a   Shimizu, Seiichi ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^b   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^b  

^a OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; FECES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; RIVER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032812105     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163572     Document Type: Article

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