Prevalence, risk factors, and virulence genes of Helicobacter pylori among dyspeptic patients in two different gastric cancer risk regions of Thailand

• Phawinee Subsomwong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Phawinee Subsomwong, Muhammad Miftahussurur

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan

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• Muhammad Miftahussurur ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Phawinee Subsomwong, Muhammad Miftahussurur

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan, Gastroentero-Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine-Dr. Soetomo Teaching Hospital-Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Tomohisa Uchida,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan

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• Ratha-korn Vilaichone,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Thawee Ratanachu-ek,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Varocha Mahachai,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation GI and Liver Center, Bangkok Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Yoshio Yamaoka

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-5819

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