Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in drinking water biofilms: Implications for transmission in early life

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 450-454

  Bunn, J E G ^a,b,c   MacKay, W G ^d   Thomas, J E ^b,c,e   Reid, D C ^f   Weaver, L T ^b,c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Nutrition Unit   (Gambia)

^c Downnham's Lane   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Scottish Executive   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENE ENCODING; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; WATER QUALITY;

16S RRNA GENE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONISATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER BIOFILMS; EARLIEST LIFE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROSPECTIVES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL VILLAGES;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STORAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0036091984     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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