2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822009000300011
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Helicobacter pylori em crianças e associação de cepas CagA na transmissão mãe-filho na Amazônia brasileira

Abstract: A Helicobacter pylori é uma bactéria gram-negativa, microaerófila, cujo principal reservatório é o estômago de seres humanos, onde determina inflamação aguda e crônica e, quando a infecção não é tratada, permanece para sempre no hospedeiro, sendo raramente eliminada de forma espontânea 34 . Essa infecção representa um sério problema de saúde pública, pois pode evoluir com graves lesões precursoras de neoplasias nos indivíduos infectados 1 10 . Apresenta distribuição mundial, mas com prevalências maiores em paí… Show more

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“…The rates of infection in the studied area are comparable with neighbor countries and other Amazon Brazilian states 3,4,15 . These rates were also similar to other developing countries and higher than those reported from developed countries 1,5,9,14,15,16,17 .…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 66%
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“…The rates of infection in the studied area are comparable with neighbor countries and other Amazon Brazilian states 3,4,15 . These rates were also similar to other developing countries and higher than those reported from developed countries 1,5,9,14,15,16,17 .…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 66%
“…The infection rates in the world are estimated to be around 50%, and humans are considered the main reservoir 2,4 . The transmission routes are oral-oral and oral-fecal, which justifies the differences in seroprevalence seen between developed and undeveloped countries and its association with improvements of sanitary conditions ,1,9,16,17 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori is described as a bacterium whose reservoir is the human stomach [28,29]. It is a gram-negative bacillus, with flagella, adhesion factors, urease enzyme, cytosines, and proteases as virulence factors [30].…”
Section: Infection Bymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…80 In Brazil, studies showed that mothers infected with H. pylori represent a greater risk factor to infected their children; and that breastfeeding does not protect against acquisition of H. pylori, conversely, an infected mother can transmit of the disease to the child. 81,82 The theory that the major risk factors for infection are poor socioeconomic and hygienic conditions beginning in childhood was supports by Chen et al (2014). 83 Childhood infections, such as, tonsillitis, diarrhea and diphtheria, are associated with decreased secretion of gastric acid, as well as with malnutrition.…”
Section: 7879mentioning
confidence: 98%