Prevalence, risk factors, and virulence genes of Helicobacter pylori among dyspeptic patients in two different gastric cancer risk regions of Thailand.

Gastric cancer risk is varied among different regions of Thailand. We examined the characteristics of Helicobacter pylori infection in two regions of Thailand. The H. pylori status of 273 dyspeptic patients (136 from the South and 137 from the North; a low and high incidence of gastric cancer region...

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Main Authors: Phawinee Subsomwong, Muhammad Miftahussurur, Tomohisa Uchida, Ratha-Korn Vilaichone, Thawee Ratanachu-Ek, Varocha Mahachai, Yoshio Yamaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5662176?pdf=render