EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI - ACQUISITION, TRANSMISSION, POPULATION PREVALENCE AND DISEASE-TO-INFECTION RATIO

Authors
FELDMAN RA ECCERSLEY AJP HARDIE JM
Citation
Ra. Feldman et al., EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI - ACQUISITION, TRANSMISSION, POPULATION PREVALENCE AND DISEASE-TO-INFECTION RATIO, British Medical Bulletin, 54(1), 1998, pp. 39-53
Citations number
114
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British Medical Bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071420
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
39 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1420(1998)54:1<39:EOH-AT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This article focuses on factors relating to acquiring Helicobacter pyl ori, including re-acquiring H. pylori infection after successfully tre atment. It considers variables that increase the risk of infection and explores the chances that an infected individual will develop symptom atic disease.