[quote=SK in CV][quote=ocrenter]
The only place on earth with a lower rate is Australia at 15%.
we know transmission is food borne. And in the US food sanitation still beats other areas on earth.
you go from an area with 1/3 prevalence rate to an area where 90% of the population has the bacteria and we are debating whether the bacteria is picked up here within the US or overseas?[/quote]
I don’t think there is a reason to debate it. The actual transmission locale is not knowable at this point.
Unless there’s some really recent stuff, I don’t know that it’s food borne. There’s been some studies showing an association with yeast, and probably not drinking water, but the most recent stuff I’ve seen indicate that the method of transmission remains a mystery. And if someone has spent most of their life in an area with a 1/3 prevalence rate, acquiring the bacteria is hardly unlikely. It is not a 3rd world issue.[/quote]
never said this is a 3rd world issue. Germany has a much higher rate of colonization compared to rest of western Europe and I would not say it is a 3rd world country. Western Japan has a higher rate compared to the eastern part, western Japan is not more 3rd world. Australia is not more 1st world compared to the US.
I’m not saying there’s zero chance of getting H.pylori with a native born in the US who does zero foreign travel. Simply saying in this single case, chances that ER’s travel to a country with close to 90% prevalence rate is the more likely explanation for the infection.
