Rare Helicobacter pylori Virulence Genotypes in Bhutan

• Main Authors: Osamu Matsunari, Muhammad Miftahussurur, Seiji Shiota, Rumiko Suzuk, Ratha-kornVilaichone, Tomohisa Uchida, Thawee Ratanachu-ek, LotayTshering, Varocha Mahachai, YoshioYamaoka
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/94608/1/Miftah-Rare%20Helicobacter.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/94608/; https://www.nature.com/articles/srep22584.pdf
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Both the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the incidence of gastric cancer are high in Bhutan. The high incidence of atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer suggest the phylogeographic origin of an infection with a more virulent strain of H. pylori. More than 90 of Bhutanese strains poss...