Unexpectedly low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among pregnant women on Pemba Island, Zanzibar

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 915-922

  Farag, Tamer H ^a   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^b   Khalfan, Sabra S ^c   Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Transmission; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STOMACH CANCER; TANZANIA; UREA BREATH TEST; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34447637423     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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