Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among adult dyspeptic patients in Ethiopia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Asrat, D ^a   Nilsson, I ^b   Mengistu, Y ^a   Ashenafi, S ^a   Ayenew, K ^c   Abu Al Soud, W ^b   Wadstrom T ^b   Kassa, E ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; UREASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CROSS REACTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SILVER STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DYSPEPSIA; ETHIOPIA; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STOMACH; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 1642369559     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003190     Document Type: Article

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