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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1326-1328, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1326-1328.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Age-Specific Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity Rates of Children in an Impoverished Urban Area of Northeast Brazil

Anastasia Mitchell,1 Terezinha M. J. Silva,2 Leah J. Barrett,3 Aldo A. M. Lima,2 and Richard L. Guerrant3*

Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia,1 Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia ,3 Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil2

Received 25 July 2002/ Returned for modification 14 September 2002/ Accepted 3 December 2002

We determined age-specific Helicobacter pylori seropositivity rates of 166 children and 39 mothers in an urban shantytown in northeast Brazil. Seropositivity rates increased from 23.1% at 0 to 11 months of age to only 39.3% by 96 to 131 months of age and were 82.1% at maturity. We observed no correlation between the seropositivity of the mothers and the seropositivity of their children.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Global Health, Box 801379 HSC, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Phone: (804) 924-5242. Fax: (804) 977-5323. E-mail: rlg9a{at}virginia.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1326-1328, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1326-1328.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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