Helicobacter pylori in sheep milk

Lancet. 1999 Jul 10;354(9173):132. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01724-9.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori was recovered from sheep milk, suggesting a role for animals in transmission. H. pylori may be a commensal in the sheep, which may be H. pylori's ancestral host.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Helicobacter Infections / transmission
  • Helicobacter pylori / genetics
  • Helicobacter pylori / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Milk / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / isolation & purification
  • Sheep

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S