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. 1999 Apr;75(882):198–200. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.75.882.198

Transmission of Helicobacter pylori

M Stone 1
PMCID: PMC1741201  PMID: 10715757

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is found predominantly in human gastric mucosa. Transfer of the bacterium remains an open topic, but it is likely that infection is usually acquired at a young age, particularly where lower socio-economic conditions prevail. Transmission via an external source such as water supply is a possibility but, in general, infection is probably passed from person to person. Arguments for and against faecal-oral, oral-oral and gastric-oral transmission have been presented, but the dominance of one of these routes is still to be determined.


Keywords: Helicobacter pylori

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