%0 Journal Article
%T Seroprevalence study of Helicobacter pylori infection among visitors of cardiac patients in Razi hospital in Ahvaz, Iran
%A Seyed Mohammad Alavi
%A Seyed Mohammad Hasan Adel
%A Alireza Rajabzadeh
%J Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology
%D 2010
%I Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
%X Introduction and objective: Seroepidemiological studies have shown a significant difference in seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) and its outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HP infection in a normal population (patient's visitors) and to determine frequency of some risk factors of this infectious agent. Materials and methods: Cardiac visitors in Razi hospital in Ahvaz were tested for the presence of anti HP-IgG by ELISA assay. Frequency of risk factors for HP acquisition in HP seropositive individuals was studied. Results: The studied subjects included 96 persons with mean age of 58.03 ¡À11.53 years in whom 52% were females. Fifty five (61.1%) persons presented a positive result for anti HP-IgG test Conclusion: HP Seropositivity was not affected by age, sex and residential area. Crowding was the most important risk factors for HP acquisition.
%K Seroprevalence
%K Helicobacter pylori
%K Cardiac patients
%K HP-IgG
%K Ahvaz
%U http://jjm.ajums.ac.ir/_jjm/documents/28-31SMA.pdf