Article
Helicobacter pylori: clonal population structure and restricted transmission within families revealed by molecular typing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2000
Han S R, Zschausch H C, Meyer H G, Schneider T, Loos M, Bhakdi S, Maeurer M J
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori infects up to 50% of the human population worldwide. The infection occurs predominantly in childhood and persists for decades or a lifetime. H. pylori is believed to be transmitted from person to person. However, tremendous genetic diversity has been reported for these bacteria. In order to gain insight into the epidemiological basis of this phenomenon, we performed molecular typing of H....
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- DNA
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Family
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Phylogeny