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Food Allergy and Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Systematic Review

Ma ZF 1 , Majid NA 2 , Yamaoka Y 3 , Lee YY 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand
  • 2 School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Kubang Kerian, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, HoustonTX, USA; Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of MedicineYufu, Japan
Front Microbiol, 2016;7:368.
PMID: 27047479 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00368

Abstract

Based on the hygiene hypothesis, a low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection may explain the recent high prevalence of allergic diseases including food allergy. However, there are very few studies that investigate the relationship between H. pylori and food allergy.

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