Helicobacter pylori infection is unlikely to be transmitted between partners: Evidence from genotypic study in partners of infected patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-528

  Luman, W ^a   Zhao, Yi ^a   Ng, H S ^a   Ling, K L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori infection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SPOUSE; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036097764     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200205000-00009     Document Type: Article

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