Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Nepal: Low prevalence in an isolated rural village

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Kawasaki, Masumi ^a   Kawasaki, Terukazu ^a   Ogaki, Tetsuro ^a   Itoh, Kazue ^b   Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Yoshimizu, Yutaka ^c   Aoyagi, Kunihiko ^d   Iwakawa, Akiko ^e   Takahashi, Shinsuke ^e   Sharma, Sashi ^f   Acharya, Gopal P ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAKAMURA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Central Laboratory   (Japan)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Nepal; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 14444283359     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199801000-00009     Document Type: Article

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