The prevalence of strains quadruple-positive for cagA, vacA s1, vacA m1, and jhp0562-positive/β-(1,3)galT-negative was the highest in Bhutan, followed by Vietnam and Myanmar, which correlated with the incidence of GC reported in GLOBOCAN 2012 (http://globocan.iarc.fr/). Here, GALT is linked to gastric cancer.