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Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among children living in a rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori infection affects more than half of the world’s population. It is generally acquired during childhood with no symptoms but has long- term clinical sequelae. This study estimated the prevalence of H. pylori infection amongst children in a rural environment in Africa. M...

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Autores principales: Awuku, Yaw Asante, Simpong, David Larbi, Alhassan, Ishmael Kunateh, Tuoyire, Derek Anamaale, Afaa, Taiba, Adu, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28438158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4274-z