Funding: This study was supported by the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and PROPESP/UFPA .; Ophir Loyola Hospital. Department of Clinical Medicine. Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Bel?m, PA, Brazil / Federal University of Cear?. Department of Medicine, Drug Research and Development Center. Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.; Ophir Loyola Hospital. Depart...
Background: Helicobacter pylori (HP) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have been associated with cancer development. We evaluated the prevalence of HP, HP CagA+ and EBV infection in gastric cancer (GC) samples from adults and in gastric tissues from patients who underwent upper endoscopy (UE). Methods: Samples from UE and GC were collected to investigate the presence of HP infection and the HP virulence factor CagA ...