Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the general population evaluated by a resident-register-based epidemiological study.
Masanori ItoAya SugiyamaMegumi MinoMasaomi KodamaYuko NagaokiKanon AbeHirohito ImadaSerge OuobaBunthen EKo KoTomoyuki AkitaTakayuki HarakawaToru SakoKazuaki ChayamaJunko TanakaPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2022)
We clarified population-based random sampling data of H. pylori infection in a Japanese general population. In younger subjects, a decrease in the prevalence of H. pylori infection was confirmed both in rural and urban areas. This provides basic information for establishing a strategy to reduce gastric cancer deaths.