Thoughts about populations with unexpected low prevalences of Helicobacter pylori infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 849-851

  Graham, David Y ^a   Yamaoka, Yoshio ^a   Malaty, Hoda M ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Java; Malaysia; Prevalence; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALAYSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34447641080     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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