High frequency of Helicobacter pylori DNA in drinking water in Kermanshah, Iran, during June-November 2012

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 504-512

  Amirhooshang, Alvandi ^a   Ramin, Abiri ^a   Ehsan, Aryan ^b   Mansour, Rezaei ^c   Shahram, Bagherabadi ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Helicobacter pylori; PCR; UreC gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; PIPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE DOSAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; CITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

IRAN; KERMANSHAH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITIES; DRINKING WATER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84910154169     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.150     Document Type: Article

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