Epidemiological ins and outs of Helicobacter pylori: A review

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 955-959

  Muhammad, Jibran Sualeh ^a   Zaidi, Syed Faisal ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Incidence; Prevalence; Re infection; Risk factors; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AGE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER;

AGE OF ONSET; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84865855936     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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