Open AccessWhere are we today with Helicobacter pylori infection among healthy children in Saudi Arabia?
Author(s) -
Abdulrahman AlHussaini,
Abdullah N. A. Al Jurayyan,
Salman Bashir,
Dayel Alshahrani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_531_18
Subject(s) - medicine , helicobacter pylori , serology , asymptomatic , population , immunology , antibody , socioeconomic status , immunoglobulin a , confidence interval , helicobacter pylori infection , immunoglobulin g , gastroenterology , environmental health
The available studies on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) prevalence among healthy asymptomatic population across Saudi Arabia suffers from significant limitations. We conducted this large population-based study to estimate the H. pylori seropositivity rate among apparently healthy children in Saudi Arabia, using anti-H. pylori immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG serology tests, and to study the influence of H. pylori infection on growth.