Helicobacter pylori among preschool children and their parents: Evidence of parent-child transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 398-402

  Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Bode, Guenter ^a   Berg, Gabriele ^a   Knayer, Ute ^a   Gonser, Theodor ^a   Adler, Guido ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033018382     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314595     Document Type: Article

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