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''Helicobacter pylori'' infects humans causing gastritis as well as gastric and duodenal ulcers. It has also been associated with gastric adenocarcinoma in humans however There is no evidence for this in animals.
''Helicobacter pylori'' infects humans causing gastritis as well as gastric and duodenal ulcers. It has also been associated with gastric adenocarcinoma in humans however There is no evidence for this in animals.
* Carried in the stomach of a high proportion of people.
** 60% in the elderly.
* Implicated in the development of peptic ulcers and gastritis in people.
* Strong epidemiological evidence for the involvement of [[Helicobacter|''H. pylori'']] in human gastric neoplasia.
** No evidence this is the case for animals.
* Several species demonstrated in dogs: [[Helicobacter|''H. felis'']], [[Helicobacter|''H. bizzozeronii'']], [[Helicobacter|''H. salomonis'']] and [[Helicobacter|''H. bilis'']].
** Present in around 80% of clinically healthy pet dogs.
*** Up to 100% in dogs from animal shelters.
*Experimental infection of dogs has failed to show a consistent relationship between infection with [[Helicobacter|''Helicobacter'']] and pathology.
** Inflammation accompanies infection in some but not all infected dogs.