Serum Helicobacter pylori antibody reactivity in seven Asian countries using an automated latex aggregation turbidity assay.
Junko AkadaEvariste Tshibangu-KabambaVo Phuoc TuanShusaku KurogiYuichi MatsuoShamshul AnsariDalla DoohanBui Hoang PhucPhawinee SubsomwongLanggeng Agung WaskitoTran Thanh BinhLam Tung NguyenVu Van KhienHo Dang Quy DungMuhammad MiftahussururAri Fahrial SyamLotay TsheringRatha-Korn VilaichoneVarocha MahachaiThawee Ratanachu-EkPradeep Krishna ShresthaThan Than YeeKyaw HtetHafeza AftabTakeshi MatsuhisaTomohisa UchidaTadayoshi OkimotoKazuhiro MizukamiMasaaki KodamaKazunari MurakamiNaohiko TakahashiAri Fahrial SyamPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2021)
The kits were applicable in all countries, but new kits using regional H. pylori strains are recommended for Myanmar and Bangladesh. Use of a cut-off value lower than the best cut-off value is essential for screening gastric cancer patients.