High prevalence of potentially virulent strains of Helicobacter pylori in the general male British population

Gut

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-25

  Danesh, J ^a   Whincup, P ^a   Walker, M ^a   Lennon, L ^b   Thomson, A ^c   Appleby, P ^a   Hawkey, C ^d   Atherton, J C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxin associated gene A; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GREAT BRITAIN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033933739     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.47.1.23     Document Type: Article

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