Seroprevalence Rates of Helicobacter pylori and Viral Hepatitis A among Adolescents in Three Regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Is There Any Correlation?

Helicobacter

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 532-537

  Al Faleh, Faleh Z ^a   Ali, Safiyya ^a   Aljebreen, Abdulrahman M ^a   Alhammad, Elwalled ^a   Abdo, Ayman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; H. pylori; Hepatitis A; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 78349242851     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2010.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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