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Estimating the prevalence of activeHelicobacter pyloriinfection in a rural community with global positioning system technology-assisted sampling
- Source :
- Epidemiol Infect
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2012.
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Abstract
- SUMMARYWe investigated a possible outbreak ofH. pyloriin a rural Northern Plains community. In a cross-sectional survey, we randomly sampled 244 households from a geocoded emergency medical system database. We used a complex survey design and global positioning system units to locate houses and randomly selected one eligible household member to administer a questionnaire and a13C-urea breath test for activeH. pyloriinfection (n = 166). In weighted analyses, activeH. pyloriinfection was detected in 55·0% of the sample. Factors associated with infection on multivariate analysis included using a public drinking-water supply [odds ratio (OR) 12·2, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2·9–50·7] and current cigarette smoking (OR 4·1, 95% CI 1·7–9·6). People who lived in houses with more rooms, a possible indicator of decreased crowding in the home, were less likely to have activeH. pyloriinfections (OR 0·7, 95% CI 0·5–0·9 for each additional room).
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Rural Population
Helicobacter pylori infection
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Gastroenterology
Sampling Studies
Disease Outbreaks
Helicobacter Infections
Young Adult
Internal medicine
Environmental health
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
Sampling (medicine)
Child
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breath test
Helicobacter pylori
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Drinking Water
Outbreak
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Original Papers
Health Surveys
United States
Confidence interval
Cross-Sectional Studies
Infectious Diseases
Breath Tests
Child, Preschool
Geographic Information Systems
Indians, North American
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14694409 and 09502688
- Volume :
- 141
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....75800547d8f9c9d14c89537318aedd93
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268812000714