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The occupational risk of Helicobacter pylori infection among gastroenterologists and their assistants

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a widely spread bacterium that mainly inhabits the gastric mucosa and can lead to serious illnesses such as peptic ulcer disease, gastric carcinoma and gastric MALT lymphoma. The oral-oral route seems to be the main transmission route. The fact that endoscopes are...

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Autores principales: Peters, Claudia, Schablon, Anja, Harling, Melanie, Wohlert, Claudia, Costa, José Torres, Nienhaus, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21627778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-154

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