Anti-CagA antibodies in helicobacter pylori-positive patients and blood donors from Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-149

  Rocha, Andreia Maria Camargos ^a   Rocha, Gifone Aguiar ^a   de Magalhães Queiroz, Dulciene Maria ^a   Ani, Agatha E ^b   Okeke, E N ^b   Bello, C S S ^b   Malu, A O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD DONORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUODENAL ULCER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0034974512     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550103100310     Document Type: Article

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