Age-specific Helicobacter pylori seropositivity rates of children in an impoverished urban area of northeast Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1326-1328

  Mitchell, Anastasia ^a   Silva, Terezinha M J ^c   Barrett, Leah J ^b   Lima, Aldo A M ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0037335873     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1326-1328.2003     Document Type: Article

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