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Antibodies to Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients, asymptomatic adults, and children from Costa Rica

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Bartels Madrigal, Giselle
Herrera Echeverría, Adelita
Salas Chaves, Pilar
Sierra Ramos, Rafaela
Lomonte, Bruno

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An enzyme immunoassay for the detection of serum IgG antibodies to H. pylori whole bacterial sonicate was used in a study of dyspeptic adult patients (n=165), apparently healthy blood donors (n=154), and children (n = 66) from Costa Rica, where a very high incidence of gastric carcinoma is observed. The mean antibody levels and frequency distributions were similar in the dyspeptic patients and the blood donors. Meanwhile lower antibody levels to H. pylori were more frequently observed in children than in adults, suggesting an age-dependent increase in seroprevalence, as described in studies from other populations.

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artículo -- Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud. 1995. Debido a las políticas de la revista en la que el artículo fue publicado, no es posible descargar la versión editor/PDF; no obstante, se pone a disposición el URL original donde el documento fue publicado.

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Helicobacter pylori, serology, inmunología, IgG antibodies, enzyme immunoassay, antibiotics, Salud pública

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1995.tb01128.x/abstract

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