Helicobacter pylori and cagA seroprevalence in sub-Saharan inmigrants recently arrived to Gran Canaria (Spain)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 756-758

  Sanz Peláez, Oscar ^a   Santana Rodríguez, Evora ^b   Angel Moreno Maroto, Alfonso ^c   Carranza Rodríguez, Cristina ^d   Pisos Alamo, Elena ^b   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BENIN; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DYSPEPSIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; NIGERIA; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50549098600     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540801995378     Document Type: Article

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