Helicobacter pylori and cagA seroprevalence in sub-Saharan inmigrants recently arrived to Gran Canaria (Spain)
| Autor: | Cristina Carranza-Rodríguez, Alfonso Angel-Moreno Maroto, Óscar Sanz-Peláez, José Luis Pérez-Arellano, Evora Santana-Rodríguez, Elena Pisos-Álamo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Spirillaceae Population Emigrants and Immigrants Biology Serology Helicobacter Infections Young Adult Bacterial Proteins Seroepidemiologic Studies Epidemiology medicine CagA Seroprevalence Humans education Africa South of the Sahara education.field_of_study Antigens Bacterial General Immunology and Microbiology Helicobacter pylori General Medicine biology.organism_classification Virology Pathogenicity island Antibodies Bacterial Infectious Diseases Spain Female |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases. 40(9) |
| ISSN: | 0036-5548 |
| Popis: | Non-ulcerous dyspepsia is common among sub-Saharan people migrating into Spain. Given the high prevalence of H. pylori (HP) infection in their countries of origin, we studied the prevalence of infection in this population, and specifically the prevalence of infection by the more virulent, cagA-positive strains (CAP). 140 sub-Saharan immigrants recently arrived to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) were studied. 80.7% were male, with a mean age of 24.2 y. 90.7% tested seropositive for HP and 72.2% of them carried antibodies against the 'pathogenicity island' cagA. We did not find any relationship between the presence of these antibodies and the clinical variables studied. We can conclude that HP infection is virtually universal in this population, with a high percentage of infection by CAP strains. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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