Culture and Molecular Identification of Helicobacter pylori in Drinking Water from Areas of High and Low Incidence of Gastric Cancer in Costa Rica
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52896#.VKyLHcnQrzE Author(s) Virginia Montero Campos 1 , Alejandro Hernández Soto 2 , Jorge Camacho Sandoval 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Research & Chemical and Microbiology Services Center-CEQIATEC, Cartago, Costa Rica . 2 Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Biotechnology Research Center, Cartago, Costa Rica . 3 Doctorate in Natural Sciences for Development, DOCINADE, Cartago, Costa Rica . ABSTRACT Background: Most patients infected with Helicobacter pylori show no clinical symptoms. Nonetheless, approximately 10% to 20% of these patients will develop peptic ulcers and 1% will develop g...