Younger siblings play a major role in Helicobacter pylori transmission among children from a low-income community in the Northeast of Brazil.

Background And Aims: To further evaluate intrafamilial transmission of H. pylori infection during childhood, we investigated the prevalence of H. pylori in family members from a poor H.

Helicobacter pylori colonization among children up to 6 years: results of a community-based study from Northeastern Brazil.

Aim: To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection among children up to 6 years.

Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in a poor urban community in Fortaleza Northeast Brazil. A standardized questionnaire was applied.

The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and height in children from an urban community in north-east Brazil.

Background: An association between Helicobacter pylori infection and short stature in children has been described recently.

Aim: To describe differences in stature between H. pylori-infected and non-infected children in a low-income community in north-east Brazil.

Helicobacter pylori infection in adults from a poor urban community in northeastern Brazil: demographic, lifestyle and environmental factors.

We investigated the prevalence and the risk factors for infection with Helicobacter pylori in a randomly-selected population of adults from a low-income community in Northeastern Brazil. Helicobacter pylori infection was determined by ELISA. Risk factors were assessed using a structured interview.

History of breastfeeding and Helicobacter pylori infection in children: results of a community-based study from northeastern Brazil.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of breastfeeding and the infection status of the mother in the acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection in a poor urban community in northeastern Brazil. Helicobacter pylori status was evaluated by 13C-urea breath test in individuals under the age of 14 years and by ELISA in the mothers. The prevalence of H.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil.

The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was assessed in a randomly selected sample of individuals from low-income community in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. Overall, 384 out of 610 participants (62.9%) were H.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children from an urban community in north-east Brazil and risk factors for infection.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in a randomly selected population of children from a low income community in Brazil and the risk factors for infection.

Design: A cross-sectional, randomised study of prevalence and risk factors.

Subjects: Children living in an urban community in north-east Brazil.