Vector potential of cockroaches for Helicobacter pylori infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1500-1503

  Imamura, Shigeyoshi ^a   Kita, Masakazu ^b   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^b   Yamamoto, Toshiro ^b   Ishimaru, Atsushi ^b   Konishi, Hideyuki ^b   Wakabayashi, Naoki ^b   Mitsufuji, Shoji ^b   Okanoue, Takeshi ^b   Imanishi, Jiro ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COCKROACH; DISEASE CARRIER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038458381     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07516.x     Document Type: Article

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