Helicobacter pylori prevalence among indigenous peoples of South America

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1131-1137

  Robinson, Lisa Gaye E ^a,e   Black, Francis L ^b   Lee, Francis K ^a   Sousa, Alexandra O ^c   Owens, Marilyn ^a   Danielsson, Dan ^d   Nahmias, André J ^a   Gold, Benjamin D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOLUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037108655     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343803     Document Type: Article

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