Incidence, age of acquisition and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection among Israeli Arab infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-213

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a   Jurban, Manal ^a   Goren, Sophy ^a   Cohen, Dani ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Helicobacter pylori; Infants; Prospective cohort; Risk factors; Stool

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ARABS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862502691     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr068     Document Type: Article

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