Helicobacter pylori Infection and Immunity (INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PATHOGENESIS Volume 15) (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)
Contributors: Yoshimasa Yamamoto (Editor); Herman Friedman (Editor); Paul S. Hoffman (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780306466588
Subjects: Infectious & contagious diseases; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine; Microbiology; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Medical / Microbiology; Medical : Infectious Diseases; Medical : Internal Medicine; Pathology; Gastroenterology; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Helicobacter pylori infections; Immunological aspects; immunology
First sentence: Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative microaerobic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa of some 50% of the world's population, and is one of the most common of human infectious agents.