Publications

helicobacter pylori infection in swedish school children: lack of evidence of child-to-child transmission outside the family.	helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired in early childhood, but the exact routes of transmission remain elusive. to distinguish between risks of intrafamilial and extraneous child-to-child transmission, we studied h. pylori seroprevalence among swedish school children with varying family backgrounds.	2001	11487540
[intrafamilial transmission of helicobacter pylori infection].	helicobacter pylori infection is mainly acquired in early childhood but the exact routes of transmission remain elusive. to distinguish between risks of intrafamilial and extraneous child-to-child transmission we studied the seroprevalence of helicobacter pylori among 10-12-year-old swedish school children with varying family background. in a cross-sectional study, 695 children (81% of all invited) in 36 school classes in southern stockholm donated blood and answered a structured questionnaire t ...	2002	12143140
helicobacter pylori status in family members as risk factors for infection in children.	this study aimed to disentangle the independent contributions of helicobacter pylori infections in mothers, fathers and siblings to the risk for the infection in the 11-13 years age group. index children from a cross-sectional stockholm school survey and their family members completed questionnaires and contributed blood samples. h. pylori serostatus was determined with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblot. fifty-four seropositive and 108 seronegative index children were included ...	2005	16050509
helicobacter pylori infection and abdominal symptoms among swedish school children.	the role of helicobacter pylori infection in the etiology of abdominal symptoms remains unclear. our aim was to investigate the association between type-specific h. pylori infection and gastrointestinal symptoms among school children in stockholm, sweden.	2005	15990627