Helicobacter pylori infection in Burkina Faso: An enigma within an enigma

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 589-593

  Cataldo, F ^a   Simpore J ^b   Greco, P ^a   Ilboudo, D ^c   Musumeci, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Medical Center Saint Camille   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; H. pylori

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 16544365443     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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