Epstein Barr virus and Helicobacter pylori co-infection are positively associated with severe gastritis in pediatric patients.

Epstein Barr virus and Helicobacter pylori co-infection are positively associated with severe gastritis in pediatric patients.

H. pylori infection is acquired during childhood and causes a chronic inflammatory response in the gastric mucosa, which is considered the main risk factor to acquire gastric cancer (GC) later in life. More recently, infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have also been associated with GC. The role o...

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Main Authors: María G Cárdenas-Mondragón, Ricardo Carreón-Talavera, Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce, Alejandro Gomez-Delgado, Javier Torres, Ezequiel M Fuentes-Pananá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3634751?pdf=render

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