Seroepidemiology of helicobacter pylori infection among children seen in a tertiary hospital in uyo, southern nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Etukud, Ofonime Michael ^a   Ikpeme, Enobong Emmanuel ^a   Ekanem, Emmanuel Eyo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Igg seropositivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84871504700     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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