Atmospheric Pollution and Toxicological Aspects of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Background, Pathophysiology and New Innovative Hypotheses

Abstract

A strange phenomenon characterized by numerous pathologies occurred in DR Congo and in some other countries of Subsaharian Africa since a few decades. While the entire population is convinced of massive poisonings provoked by a ritual poison from the eastern Africa, named Karuho, we incredibly established, since 2010, the responsibility of Helicobacter pylori in the phenomenon, thanks to cross-sectional epidemiological studies. Our findings have been published in international journals and presented in international scientific forums. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the background and conduct of this research, the pathophysiology of the Helicobacter pylori involvement, as well as the new innovative hypotheses on Helicobacter infection generated by this research.