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Review
. 1998;54(1):39-53.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011678.

Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: acquisition, transmission, population prevalence and disease-to-infection ratio

R A Feldman  1 , A J Eccersley, J M Hardie
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Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: acquisition, transmission, population prevalence and disease-to-infection ratio

R A Feldman et al. Br Med Bull. 1998.

Abstract

This article focuses on factors relating to acquiring Helicobacter pylori, including re-acquiring H. pylori infection after successfully treatment. It considers variables that increase the risk of infection and explores the chances that an infected individual will develop symptomatic disease.

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