International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 9 , Pages e788-e791 , September 2010

The effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on growth velocity in young children from poor urban communities in Ecuador

  • Andrey I. Egorov

      Affiliations

    • US Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, MS A110, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA
    • Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 513 407 5491.
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  • Fernando Sempértegui

      Affiliations

    • Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corporación Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología, Quito, Ecuador
    • Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • Bertha Estrella

      Affiliations

    • Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corporación Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología, Quito, Ecuador
    • Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • Josefina Egas

      Affiliations

    • Corporación Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología, Quito, Ecuador
    • Escuela de Bioanálisis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • Elena N. Naumova

      Affiliations

    • Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey K. Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Tufts School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 11 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.03.013

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 9 , Pages e788-e791 , September 2010

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