Helicobacter pylori infection and gastroduodenal diseases in Vietnam: a cross-sectional, hospital-based study

Abstract

H. pylori infection is common in Vietnam and is strongly associated with PU, active gastritis, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia. vacA m1 is associated with an increased risk for PU and might contribute to the difference in the prevalence of PU and gastric cancer between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh.