Nabil Awadalla

Helicobacter pylori cagA Gene in Egyptian Sewage Workers

Published in African Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 sewage workers and 30 matched unexposed referents from Mansoura city, Egypt, to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Stool culture and detection of H. pylori antigen were done. In addition, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of cytotoxin-a...