PMID: 9546112Apr 18, 1998Paper

Comparison of Helicobacter pylori infection between Fukuoka, Japan and Chinju, Korea

Helicobacter
H S YounK H Rhee

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent of type B chronic gastritis, and plays a major role in the pathogenesis of gastroduodenal ulcer and gastric cancer. Because gastric cancer has been the leading cause of cancer mortality in Japan and Korea, we conducted a seroepidemiological study to estimate the prevalence of H. pylori infection in Japan and Korea in order to explain the current change in the gastric cancer incidences between two countries. Samples used for this study included 1204 sera from Chinju, Korea and 580 sera from Fukuoka, Japan. Immunoblotting, using a sonicated crude H. pylori antigen and 1:5 dilution of serum, was performed, considering the immunoblot shows reactivity to the 120 Kd antigen of H. pylori as a specific marker of H. pylori infection. Seroepidemiology data from Fukuoka, Japan showed a prevalence of H. pylori infection of 20% before school age, 40% by teenage years, and over 80% beyond 20 years of age. Seroepidemiology data from Chinju, Korea, showed a 50% infection rate in preschool ages, and over 80% prevalence rate after 7 years of age. Lower rates of childhood H. pylori infection in Fukuoka may explain the recent decline and shift in the incidence of stomach cancer in Japan, supporting the hy...Continue Reading

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