Associations between helicobacter pylori infection, co-morbid infections, gastrointestinal symptoms, and circulating cytokines in African children

Helicobacter

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-97

  Cherian, Sarah ^a,b   Burgner, David Paul ^a,b,c   Cook, Angus George ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank Mario ^a   Forbes, David Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Cytokines; Helicobacter pylori; Refugee; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFRICA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFUGEE; SATIETY; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CYTOKINES; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; VERMES;

EID: 77749239904     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2009.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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