“…In Colombia, there have been some studies reporting the frequency of vacA, cagA, and iceA, (Cittelly et al, 2002) babA2 and iceA, (Montealegre et al, 2009) alleles of vacA (López et al, 2009) or babA2, oipA and cagE (Quiroga et al, 2005). Considering that gastric cancer is a leading cause of death, our objective was to determine the association and prevalence of cagA, vacA, iceA and babA2 genes in patients with functional dyspepsia, due to the significance of these virulence factors in H. pylori pathogenicity (Atherton, 1998;Van Doorn et al, 1998).…”