Relationship of TT virus and Helicobacter pylori infections in gastric tissues of patients with gastritis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Maggi, Fabrizio ^a   Marchi, Santino ^a   Fornai, Claudia ^a   Tempestini, Elena ^a   Andreoli, Elisabetta ^a   Lanini, Letizia ^a   Vatteroni, Maria Linda ^a   Bellini, Massimo ^a   De Bortoli, Nicola ^a   Costa, Francesco ^a   Pistello, Mauro ^a   Specter, Steven ^a   Bendinelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co infection; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; TTV; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH FUNDUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0141570969     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10453     Document Type: Article

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