Role of infected grandmothers in transmission of Helicobacter pylori to children in a Japanese rural town

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 394-398

  Urita, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Watanabe, Toshiyasu ^a,b   Kawagoe, Naoyuki ^a   Takemoto, Ikutaka ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Kijima, Sho ^a   Kido, Hidenori ^a   Maeda, Tadashi ^a   Sugasawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Miyazaki, Taito ^a   Honda, Yoshiko ^a   Nakanishi, Kazushige ^a   Shimada, Nagato ^a   Nakajima, Hitoshi ^a,b   Sugimoto, Motonobu ^a   Urita, Chisako ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Urita Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

grandmother; Helicobacter pylori; intra familial transmission; three generation households

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; GRANDFATHER; GRANDMOTHER; GRANDPARENT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84877576848     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12191     Document Type: Article

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