Common Coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in Non-Symptomatic Ugandan Children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ankarklev, Johan ^a   Hestvik, Elin ^b   Lebbad, Marianne ^c   Lindh, Johan ^c   Kaddu Mulindwa, Deogratias H ^d   Andersson, Jan O ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b   Tumwine, James K ^d   Svärd, Staffan G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UGANDA;

EID: 84865996419     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001780     Document Type: Article

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