The enigma of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer.

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Although H. pylori has been recognized as a class I carcinogen, incongruence between infection prevalence and cancer incidence has been reported. Holcombe called attention to the high prevalence of infection in the face of low cancer rates, which he called "The African Enigma". Similar observations have now been made in other geographic areas. Gastric carcinoma should be considered an infectious disease, for...

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