Study of transmission routes of Helicobacter pylori in relation to seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus.
The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a group of 1,043 healthy Japanese people was compared with that of hepatitis A virus (HAV), which was used as a marker of fecal-oral exposure. No statistically significant relationship was observed between seropositivity for HAV and that for H. pylori. Therefore, the fecal-oral spread of H. pylori is of limited relevance in Japan.
Furuta
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First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handa-cho, Japan.
Kamata
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Takashima
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Futami
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Arai
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Hanai
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Kaneko
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D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence