**Meet the editor**

Dr. Bruna Maria Roesler is a pharmacist biochemist and holds a Master´s Degree in Pharmacology and a Doctoral Degree in Basic Sciences – Internal Medicine from State University of Campinas (Campinas, SP, Brazil) where she has identified the principal genotypes of *Helicobacter pylori* strains in patients with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer (early and ad-

vanced stages) through molecular biology techniques. She has published her work in several peer-reviewed journals and given oral and poster presentations at various congresses. Her research also includes the etiology, the epidemiology, and the physiopathology of gastrointestinal diseases. She has also participated in some studies which reported the possible relationship between *H. pylori* and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, as well as between *H. pylori* and liver diseases.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 General Aspects of Helicobacter Pylori Infection 1**

Chapter 2 **Clinical Manifestations of the Epsilonproteobacteria**

Chapter 3 **Endoscopical Aspects of Helicobacter pylori Gastritis in**

Coldea, Mălina Anghel and Mihaela Bălgrădean

Chapter 4 **The Importance of H. pylori Infection in Liver Diseases 47**

Chapter 6 **Helicobacter pylori Genes jhp0940, jhp0945, jhp0947 and**

Romo-González Carolina and Coria-Jiménez Rafael

**Old Human Microorganism 3**

Bruna Maria Roesler

Percival Andersen

**Children 35**

Ranjbar

**(Helicobacter pylori) 13**

Tadeusz Wojciech Łapiński

**Section 2 Virulence Factros of Helicobacter Pylori 57**

Chapter 5 **VacA Genotype in Helicobacter pylori 59**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Helicobacter pylori - An Overview of an**

Rie Louise Møller Nordestgaard, Malene Roed Spiegelhauer, Tove Havnhøj Frandsen, Caroline Gren, Agnes Tving Stauning and Leif

Felicia Galoș, Cătălin Boboc, Gabriela Năstase, Anca Orzan, Cristina

Elnaz Saeidi, Amirhossein Sheikhshahrokh, Abbas Doosti and Reza

**jhp0949 are Associated with Gastroduodenal Disease 77**
