High frequency of gastric colonization with multiple Helicobacter pylori strains in Venezuelan subjects

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2635-2641

  Ghose, C ^a   Perez Perez, G I ^a,d   Van Doorn, L J ^b   Dominguez Bello M G ^c   Blaser, M J ^a,d  

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

^b Delft Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PREVALENCE; VENEZUELA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 19044389478     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2635-2641.2005     Document Type: Article

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