Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
BACKGROUND: The incidence and prevalence rates of childhood Helicobacter pylori infection vary greatly by nation, with infection rates of 8.9% to 72.8% reported in developed and developing countries, respectively. To date, few studies have assessed the prevalence of H pylori in Canadian children, wi...
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| author | Idit Segal Anthony Otley Robert Issenman David Armstrong Victor Espinosa Ruth Cawdron Muhammad G Morshed Kevan Jacobson |
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| description | BACKGROUND: The incidence and prevalence rates of childhood Helicobacter pylori infection vary greatly by nation, with infection rates of 8.9% to 72.8% reported in developed and developing countries, respectively. To date, few studies have assessed the prevalence of H pylori in Canadian children, with studies limited to Aboriginal communities and single tertiary care centres from Ontario and Quebec. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-affb740d10a44731bb6f9ecc552443482025-02-03T05:45:26ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122548548910.1155/2008/410176Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional AnalysisIdit Segal0Anthony Otley1Robert Issenman2David Armstrong3Victor Espinosa4Ruth Cawdron5Muhammad G Morshed6Kevan Jacobson7Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, BC Children’s Hospital, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaChildren and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDivision of Gastroenterology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, BC Children’s Hospital, CanadaBACKGROUND: The incidence and prevalence rates of childhood Helicobacter pylori infection vary greatly by nation, with infection rates of 8.9% to 72.8% reported in developed and developing countries, respectively. To date, few studies have assessed the prevalence of H pylori in Canadian children, with studies limited to Aboriginal communities and single tertiary care centres from Ontario and Quebec.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/410176 |
| spellingShingle | Idit Segal Anthony Otley Robert Issenman David Armstrong Victor Espinosa Ruth Cawdron Muhammad G Morshed Kevan Jacobson Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
| title_full | Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
| title_short | Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis |
| title_sort | low prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in canadian children a cross sectional analysis |
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