2001/12/01 by J. A. Louw, Mark Kidd, Alexandre F. Kummer +7 · 2 citations
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Allele #Antibody #Biology #CagA #Cancer #Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies #Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes #Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments #Gender and Feminist Studies #Gene #Genetics #Genotype #Helicobacter pylori #Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies #Humanities #Immunology #Internal medicine #Medicine #Philosophy #Population #Serology #Sports and Physical Education Studies #Virulence
paper · doi:10.1046/j.1523-5378.2001.00044.x
openalex publication_date 2009/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
This study indicates that, in this African population at least, there is no difference in the prevalence of H. pylori infection when comparing gastric cancer cases with matched controls. However, the findings suggest that gastric cancer may be associated with infection by organisms that are genotypically different from those not associated with disease.