PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH CAGA-POSITIVE HELICOBACTER PYLORI STRAINS AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

PREVALENCE OF INFECTION WITH CAGA-POSITIVE HELICOBACTER PYLORI STRAINS AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Context Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has a worldwide distribution, but the prevalence of infection, virulence factors, and clinical presentation vary widely according to the studied population. In Brazil, a continental country composed of several ethnicities and cultural habits, the behavior of i...

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Main Authors: Juliana Ghisleni de OLIVEIRA, Cristina Helena Targa FERREIRA, Anna Carolina Saraiva CAMERIN, Cláudia Augustin ROTA, Luíse MEURER, Themis Reverbel da SILVEIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2014-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Helicobacter pylori
Infecções por Helicobacter, genética
Prevalência
Criança
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032014000300180&lng=en&tlng=en

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