title: Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection in rhesus macaques is most consistent with oral-oral transmission.
abstract: Socially housed rhesus monkeys rapidly acquired Helicobacter pylori infection, although the organism was rarely cultivated from saliva, feces, or the environment. Since the concentrations of H. pylori in vomit were compatible with what is known about the infectious dose, our results are most consistent with an oral-oral means of transmission.
authors.affiliation: Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. jvsolnick@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Jay V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Solnick
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Lori M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Kikuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Don R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Canfield
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parsonnet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D050456:Fomites; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male