The effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth velocity in young children from poor urban communities in Ecuador

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Egorov, Andrey I ^a,b   Sempértegui, Fernando ^b,c,d   Estrella, Bertha ^b,c,d   Egas, Josefina ^c,e   Naumova, Elena N ^b,f   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^b,f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Corporación Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología ^*  (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ecuador; Fecal antigen; Growth velocity; Helicobacter pylori; IgG antibody

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECUADOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECUADOR; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956610795     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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