[quote=ocrenter]
That peaked my interest so I looked up prevalence rate per the world GI organization (WGO). Yes US and Western Europe are at 30-40%, Asia is at 60-70%, Latin America and Africa are more like 80-90%. So while it is possible to simply just get Hpylori in the US, if a native born US citizen was in Latin America or Africa for a few years, came back and got diagnosed, I’ll put my money on him getting the bacteria from the travel instead of from the US.[/quote]
I wouldn’t be so sure of that, nor is it of much significance. It’s very common in the US. A 30 to 40% colonization rate is extraordinarily high. The most common human bacterial colonization known. It was only discovered about 30 years ago and its precise method of transmission is still unknown.
