Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in the Czech Republic

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Authors	BUREŠ Jan KOPÁČOVÁ Marcela KOUPILOVÁ Ilona VOŘÍŠEK Viktor REJCHRT Stanislav BERÁNEK Martin SEIFERT Bohumil POZLER Oldřich ŽIVNÝ Pavel DOUDA Tomáš KOLESÁROVÁ Martina PINTÉR Michal PALIČKA Vladimír HOLČÍK Jan
Year of publication	2006
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Helicobacter
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology
Keywords	Helicobacter pylori infection; epidemiology; Czech Republic
Description	The aim of this study was to evaluate H. pylori infection prevalence in a representative sample of the Czech population. The second objective was to describe difference of H. pylori prevalence between different social groups of children and adults. We estimated the age-standardized prevalence of H. pylori in males aged 5+ years at 41.9% (95% CI 39.0%, 44.8%) and in females aged 5+ years at 41.4% (95% CI 38.6%, 44.3%) in 2001. The overall prevalence of H. pylori is lower than previously assumed Czech Republic. Consistent with earlier studies, H. pylori infection is strongly influenced by socioeconomic conditions and childhood poverty.
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