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. 1997 Jul;35(7):1891–1893. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1891-1893.1997

Study of transmission routes of Helicobacter pylori in relation to seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus.

T Furuta 1, T Kamata 1, M Takashima 1, H Futami 1, H Arai 1, H Hanai 1, E Kaneko 1
PMCID: PMC229866  PMID: 9196218

Abstract

The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in a group of 1,043 healthy Japanese people was compared with that of hepatitis A virus (HAV), which was used as a marker of fecal-oral exposure. No statistically significant relationship was observed between seropositivity for HAV and that for H. pylori. Therefore, the fecal-oral spread of H. pylori is of limited relevance in Japan.

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