High Exposure, Spontaneous Clearance, and Low Incidence of Active Helicobacter pylori Infection: The Sorbo San Basile Study

Helicobacter

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 296-305

  Luzza, Francesco ^a   Suraci, Evelina ^a   Larussa, Tiziana ^a   Leone, Isabella ^a   Imeneo, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CagA; Epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Urea breath test; VacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; UREA C 13; VACUOLATING TOXIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CAGA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; UREA; VACA PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROREVERSION; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UREA BREATH TEST; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904627402     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: 15235378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hel.12133     Document Type: Article

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