Short report: Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in amerindians from isolated locations

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 574-576

  Contreras, Monica ^b   Pujol, Flor H ^b   Pérez Pérez, Guillermo I ^c   Marini, Elisabetta ^d   Michelangeli, Fabian A ^b   Ponce, Liliana ^e   Domínguez Bello, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e University of Puerto Rico ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VENEZUELA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; VARIATION (GENETICS); VENEZUELA;

EID: 45349096844     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.574     Document Type: Article

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