Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Mucosal Atrophy in Two Ethnic Groups in Nepal

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Vol. 16; no. 17; p. 7911
• Main Authors: Miftahussurur, Muhammad, Sharma, Rabi Prakash, Shrestha, Pradeep Krishna, Maharjan, Ramesh Kumar, Shiota, Seiji, Uchida, Tomohisa, Sato, Hiroki, Yamaoka, Yoshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thailand 2015
• Subjects: Adult; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antibodies, Bacterial - immunology; Biomarkers - blood; Ethnic Groups; Female; Gastric Mucosa - microbiology; Gastric Mucosa - pathology; Gastritis, Atrophic - pathology; Geography; Helicobacter Infections - microbiology; Helicobacter Infections - pathology; Helicobacter pylori - immunology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nepal; Pepsinogen A - blood; Pepsinogen C - blood; Nepal

Serum anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies and pepsinogens (PGs) have been used as gastric cancer screening and gastric mucosal status markers. Nepal is a low risk country for gastric cancer. However, the mountainous populace in the northern region culturally linked to Tibet as well as Bhutan, a neig...