Sero-prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among asymptomatic healthy Omani blood donors

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-149

  Al Balushi, Mohammed Said ^a   Al Busaidi, Juma Z ^a   Al Daihani, Muna S ^a   Shafeeq, Mohammed O ^a   Hasson, Sidgi S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Helicobacter pylori; Oman; Seropositivity; SQU

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84875058253     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(13)60059-6     Document Type: Article

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