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Volume 18(7): 581-586, 2014. Redacted 2017.


Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients in Iran

 

Mojtaba Alimolaei DVM1,2

 

1Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Kerman branch, 2Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Alimolaei M., Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients in Iran, Onl J Vet Res., 18(7): 581-586, 2014. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in dyspeptic patients in southeast Iran is reported. In a cross-sectional study, 1873 serum samples from dyspeptic patients were collected during 2013. Samples were analyzed for anti H. pylori IgG antibodies using an H. pylori IgG Elisa. Chi-square testing was used to determine significance across sex and age groups. Anti H. pylori IgG antibodies were detected in sera of 1454 (77.6%) patients. Prevalence was higher in patients of 21-40 years. Males had a prevalence of 75.3% compared to  78.7% in females and was not significant (P>0.05). Findings show that the prevalence of H. pylori infection in dyspeptic Iranians is high and associated with older age.

 

Keywords: Helicobacter pylori, Seroprevalence, Dyspeptic patient.


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