Helicobacter pylori and epidemic Vibrio cholerae O1 infection in Peru

Lancet. 2000 Jan 29;355(9201):377-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)05143-0.

Abstract

In a cross-sectional study of the 1991 Peruvian cholera epidemic, Vibrio cholerae O1 infection was associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, particularly in young children. These data support the hypothesis that hypochlorhydria induced by H. pylori is important in the pathogenesis of diarrhoeal disease.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Achlorhydria / complications
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Cholera / etiology
  • Cholera / physiopathology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Helicobacter Infections / complications
  • Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology*
  • Helicobacter pylori*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Odds Ratio
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors