Flies and Helicobacter pylori infection.
SJ
Allen
;
JE
Thomas
;
NDE
Alexander
;
R
Bailey
;
PM
Emerson
;
(2004)
Flies and Helicobacter pylori infection.
Archives of disease in childhood, 89 (11).
pp. 1037-1038.
ISSN 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.045880
Houseflies have been proposed to be a reservoir and vector for Helicobacter pylori. We assessed the effect of insecticide spraying in villages in The Gambia on H. pylori infection in young children. Effective control of flies did not prevent infection with H. pylori.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | Houseflies musca-domestica, vector, Animals, Cohort Studies, Disease Reservoirs, Gambia, epidemiology, Helicobacter Infections, epidemiology, prevention & control, transmission, Helicobacter pylori, Houseflies, microbiology, Human, Infant, Insect Control, methods, Insect Vectors, microbiology, Insecticides, Botanical, Permethrin, Prevalence |
ISI | 224696700013 |
Date Deposited | 17 Oct 2011 20:25 |
Explore Further
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1719699 (OA Location)
- 10.1136/adc.2003.045880 (DOI)
- 15499059 (PubMed)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-7876
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8770-1680