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Severity and reversibility of mucosal inflammation in children and adolescents infected with Helicobacter pylori

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Helicobacter pylori infects at least half of the world’s human population. Increasing evidence points to acquisition of the gastric infection during the childhood years1. Intrafamilial clustering suggests person-to-person transmission of the infection which could occur by the faecal-to-oral route, an oral-to-oral route, or via vomitus2,3. Recent reports of successful culture of viable bacteria from emesis provide additional support for the latter method of transmission4. However, precisely how this route of transmission would explain transfer of infection from infected parents to their uninfected young children remains enigmatic.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

    Richard H. Hunt (Professor of Medicine Director) (Professor of Medicine Director)

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, 9 Meibergdreef, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Guido N. J. Tytgat (Professor) (Professor)

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Sherman, P.M. (2000). Severity and reversibility of mucosal inflammation in children and adolescents infected with Helicobacter pylori . In: Hunt, R.H., Tytgat, G.N.J. (eds) Helicobacter pylori. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3927-4_18

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