Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori and Hepatitis A Virus and the Mode of Transmission of Infection: A 9-Year Cohort Study in Rural Japan

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1067-1072

  Malaty, Hoda M ^a,c   Tanaka, Eiji ^b   Kumagai, Toshiko ^b   Ota, Hiroyoshi ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^b   Graham, David Y ^a   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0142218439     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378276     Document Type: Article

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