A comparison of a string test-PCR assay and a stool antigen immunoassay (HpSA) for Helicobacter pylori screening in Peru

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Jul-Aug;95(4):398-9. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90194-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antigens, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Helicobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Helicobacter pylori / immunology
  • Helicobacter pylori / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / standards

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial