Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: acquisition, transmission, population prevalence and disease-to-infection ratio

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British Medical Bulletin 54:39-53 (1998)
© 1998 The British Council

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Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: acquisition, transmission, population prevalence and disease-to-infection ratio

Roger A Feldman, A James P Eccersley and Jeremy M Hardie

The School of Medicine and Dentistry
St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital
Queen Mary and Westfield College London, UK

Correspondence to: Prof Roger A Feldman, The School of Medicine and Dentistry, St Bartholomew's & the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BB, UK

Abstract

This article focuses on factors relating to acquiring Helicobacterpylori, including re-acquiring H. pylori infection after successfullytreatment. It considers variables that increase the risk ofinfection and explores the chances that an infected individualwill develop symptomatic disease.

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