Open AccessPrevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection, Its Virulent Genotypes, and Epstein-Barr Virus in Peruvian Patients With Chronic Gastritis and Gastric Cancer
Author(s) -
Carlos A. Castañeda,
Miluska Castillo,
Iván Chavéz,
Fernando Barreda,
Nancy Suárez,
Jais Nieves,
Luis A. Bernabe,
Daniel Valdivia,
Eloy Ruíz,
Emmanuel Dias-Neto,
Maria Landa-Baella,
Yaqueline Bazan,
Carlos A. Rengifo,
Paola Montenegro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.19.00122
Subject(s) - helicobacter pylori , medicine , chronic gastritis , caga , genotype , gastritis , coinfection , population , virus , epstein–barr virus , polymerase chain reaction , immunology , cancer , virology , virulence , gastroenterology , gene , biology , biochemistry , environmental health
Helicobacter pylori (HP) and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infections induce chronic gastritis (CG) and are accepted carcinogenics of gastric cancer (GC). Our objective for this study was to determine the prevalence of these agents and clinicopathological features of GC and CG associated with the infection.