Unexpected decrease with age of Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence among Swedish blood donors

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4038-4042

  Sorberg M ^a   Nyren O ^a   Granstrom M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0042922353     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4038-4042.2003     Document Type: Article

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