Biomedical Science and Research Journals | Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori IgG Class Antibody in Diagnostic Laboratory Blood Specimens of a Private Corporate Hospital at Dhaka City Bangladesh
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori IgG Class Antibody in Diagnostic Laboratory Blood Specimens of a Private Corporate Hospital at Dhaka City Bangladesh Abstract Approximately 50% (over 3 billion) of the world population are known to be infected with Helicobacter pylori (H pylori), a most common human infection worldwide. Hundreds of millions of them develop peptic ulcer disease during their lifetime and still tens of millions might progress to gastric cancer. The high prevalence of infection occurs mainly in developing countries and the test-and-treat strategy puts a huge economic burden on many of these countries. It is high time to take an immediate action toward this bacterial infection and adopt a strategy to prevent it. In this regard, it is important to know the prevalence of H pylori in hospitals and population in different geographical locations. The prevalence of IgG class antibody against H pylori was determined in requested blood specimens sent to Laboratory Medicine of Imp