Community-driven research on environmental sources of H. pylori infection in arctic Canada
The role of environmental reservoirs in H. pylori transmission remains uncertain due to technical difficulties in detecting living organisms in sources outside the stomach. Residents of some Canadian Arctic communities worry that contamination of the natural environment is responsible for the high p...
Published in: | Gut Microbes |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2014
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4615287/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25483330 https://doi.org/10.4161/19490976.2014.969639 |
Summary: | The role of environmental reservoirs in H. pylori transmission remains uncertain due to technical difficulties in detecting living organisms in sources outside the stomach. Residents of some Canadian Arctic communities worry that contamination of the natural environment is responsible for the high prevalence of H. pylori infection in the region. This analysis aims to estimate associations between exposure to potential environmental sources of biological contamination and prevalence of H. pylori infection in Arctic Canada. |
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