Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a Jamaican community

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 862-866

  Lindo, J F ^a   Lyn Sue, A E ^a   Palmer, C J ^b   Lee, M G ^a   Vogel, P ^a   Robinson, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Dome stic animals; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Hygiene; Jamaica; Sanitation; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

JAMAICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033427547     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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