Helicobacter pylori and TT virus prevalence in Japanese children

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1126-1130

  Kato, Seiichi ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^a   Oyake, Yasuo ^c   Nakazato, Yutaka ^d   Okuda, Masumi ^e   Fujisawa, Takuji ^f   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^g  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Social Insurance Ohmiya Gen Hosp   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Helicobacter pylori; Transmission; TT virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 1642503869     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1218-4     Document Type: Article

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