Journal of Infection
Volume 31, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 133-135

Migration and Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence: Bangladeshi migrants in the U.K. (Article)

Banatvala N.* , Clements L. , Abdi Y. , Graham J.Y. , Hardie J.M. , Feldman R.A.
  • a The Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College, QMW, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
  • b The Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College, QMW, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
  • c The Department of Oral Microbiology, London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD, United Kingdom
  • d Regional Reproductive Review Information Project, The Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
  • e The Department of Oral Microbiology, London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD, United Kingdom
  • f The Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, London Hospital Medical College, QMW, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori, an infectious agent of worldwide public health importance, has higher seroprevalence in developing countries than in developed countries. We investigated whether Bangladeshi women, born in Bangladesh, have a greater H. pylori seroprevalence than Bangladeshi women born in the U.K. and, in addition, whether there is an association between H. pylori seropositivity and age of migration to the U.K. amongst Bangladeshi women. Women attending antenatal clinics at the Royal London Hospital were screened using ELISA for anti-H. pylori IgG. In Bangladeshi individuals born in the U.K., 13/16 (81%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 54%-96%) and, in Bangladeshi individuals born in Bangladesh 91/137 (66%, 95% CI 59%-74%) had antibodies to H. pylori. No significant association was found between H. pylori seropositivity and country of birth, or age at migration to the U.K. Public health strategies concerning H. pylori should consider migrant populations with high seroprevalence of H. pylori. © 1995 The British Society for the Study of Infection.

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prenatal care mass screening developing country Developing Countries human controlled study Developed Countries comparative study screening test Great Britain Adolescent female Child, Preschool enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Article adult Gram negative infection human experiment Helicobacter pylori migration immunoglobulin G antibody United Kingdom Age Factors age normal human Bangladesh Antibodies, Bacterial Emigration and Immigration Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Child
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DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(95)92135-4
ISSN: 01634453
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English