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Conservation of Helicobacter pylori genotypes in different ethnic groups in Houston, Texas.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2000
Yamaoka Y, Malaty H M, Osato M S, Graham D Y
Abstract excerpt
This study was concerned with whether the Helicobacter pylori strains circulating among ethnic groups living in the same region differ. The polymerase chain reactions to genotype (cagA, vacA, and iceA) H. pylori isolates from healthy volunteers from 4 ethnic groups (black, n=35; white Hispanic, n=31; whites, n=30; Vietnamese, n=29) residing in Houston were examined. The Vietnamese volunteers had the "East...
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