Helicobacter pylori in water sources: A global environmental health concern

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Dube, C ^a   Tanih, N F ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genetic factors; Helicobacter epidemiology; Waterborne transmission

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CAGA PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

AFRICA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; GASTRITIS; GENETIC RISK; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 65649129011     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2009.24.1.1     Document Type: Review

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