European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine ISSN 2515-8260 Volume 7, Issue 07, 2020 Prevalence Of Helicobacter Pylori Infection In Rural Population Of Wardha District Of Central India-A Cross Sectional Study Shruti Mishra1, Atul Gawande 2, Sourya Acharya 3, Samarth Shukla 4 Chetan Gode5 1MBBS Student, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha-442001, Maharashtra, India 2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha-442001, Maharashtra, India 3Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha- 442001, Maharashtra, India 4Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha- 442001, Maharashtra, India 5Professor, Electronics & Tele. Engineering, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur Email:
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[email protected], Abstract : BACKGROUND–Initially believed to be a member of the Campylobacter genus , H. pylori , since being discovered in 1973 , has established itself as an important pathogen responsible for various gastrointestinal tract related ailments. Despite nearly fifty percent of the entire world population being a reservoir for the bacteria , its infection rate depends on a plethora of factors. Some of these may include the socio economic status of a country , with developing and under developed countries being at a greater risk of infection. It most frequently , inhabits the gastric antrum of the stomach but is known to colonize other parts of the gastrointestinal tract especially those having gastric metaplasia.