بررسي تيترآنتي بادي ضد هليكوباكترپيلوري در دانش آموزان مدارس راهنمايي شهر اصفهان

Survey on the Prevalence of Anti It. Pylori IgG in Students of Isfahan

Helicobacter pylori infection in human has been shown to be associated with gastritis , peptic ulcer disease , gastric carcinoma , and MALT lymphoma as well . So the epidemiology of H. pylori has been a subject of intensive study . The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of H. pylori infection in junior school students in Isfahan . In this corns-sectional study , 162 junior school studentsʹ were selected by simple random sampling and assessed for demographic data . Their blood were sampled after formal consent for determining the Anti H. Pylori IgG with ELISA method . The data were analyzed by spss at 0.05 singnificance level . Seropositive rate in this group of students was 19.1 percent . This rate in males was more than females and in higher age group , was more than lower age group; in students with history of GI symptoms is more than those who had no GI symptoms . But neither age , sex , GI symptoms nor socioeconomic condihion and education of parents had significant relation with this seropositivity (P>0.05) . H. Pylori infection is a common infection in this age group and needs environmental and health promotion and interventions , which lead to prevention from this infectious complication .