%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of H. pylori infection in a population from the rural area of Ara£¿ua¨ª, MG, Brazil
%A Oliveira
%A Andreia Maria Rocha de
%A Rocha
%A Gifone Aguiar
%A Queiroz
%A Dulciene Maria de Magalh£¿es
%A Barbosa
%A Maira Tonidandel
%A Silva
%A S¨¦rgio Caetano
%J Revista de Microbiologia
%D 1999
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0001-37141999000100012
%X the prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection was evaluated by elisa in a rural population in minas gerais, brazil. a total of 114 among 131 adults (87.0%) and 54 among 87 children (62.0%) presented anti-h. pylori antibodies and the prevalence of the infection increased with age (p < 0.001).
%K h. pylori [epidemiology]
%K h. pylori [seroprevalence]
%K h. pylori [socioeconomic level].
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0001-37141999000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en