The transmission of Helicobacter pylori: The effects of analysis method and study population on inference

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-236

  Delport, Wayne ^a   van der Merwe, Schalk W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

developing versus developed nations; Helicobacter pylori; host pathogen interaction; transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VOMITING;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOUTH; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33947210199     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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