Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Warao Lineage Communities of Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-725

  Ortiz, Diana ^a   Cavazza, María Eugenia ^a   Rodríguez, Orquídea ^a   Hagel, Isabel ^a   Correnti, María ^b   Convit, Jacinto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Secretory IgA; Seroprevalence; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENEZUELA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0346362080     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600002     Document Type: Article

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