Epidemiological aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood and adolescence
The scope of the review is to study the epidemiological aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection and its importance during childhood and adolescence, focusing on incidence, prevalence, transmission and risk factors. The study's references included the following databases: LILACS (PAHO/ Bireme),...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/25350 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/25350 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Helicobacter pylori Infecções por helicobacter^i1^sepidemiolo Prevalência Fatores de risco Fatores socioeconômicos Criança Adolescência Helicobacter infections^i2^sepidemiol Prevalence Risk factors Socioeconomic factors Child Adolescence |
| Sumario: | The scope of the review is to study the epidemiological aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection and its importance during childhood and adolescence, focusing on incidence, prevalence, transmission and risk factors. The study's references included the following databases: LILACS (PAHO/ Bireme), MEDLINE, the US's National Library of Medicine and the thesis developed at University of São Paulo for the period 1983 to 1999. It was noted that Helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired during childhood, age-related prevalence, main risk factors are associated to low socioeconomic status, and its transmission mechanism remains unclear. |
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