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Transmission and epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori
1Tuft's University School of Medicine and Department of Gastroenterology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA.
The American Journal of Medicine
|May 20, 1996
Abstract:
Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide. However, the majority of those infected do not develop clinical manifestations of disease. This review discusses the epidemiology of the organism in terms of incidence and prevalence, the presumed means of transmission from person to person, and how typing of the organism has helped the epidemiologist. The epidemiology of disorders that are associated with H. pylori is also discussed.