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Association of cagA and vacA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori with gastric diseases in Estonia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Andreson Helena, Lõivukene Krista, Sillakivi Toomas, Maaroos Heidi-Ingrid, Ustav Mart, Peetsalu Ants, Mikelsaar Marika
Abstract excerpt
Gastric biopsy specimens from 156 adult patients from southern Estonia suffering from chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and perforated peptic ulcer were analyzed by PCR. The cagA gene was evenly distributed throughout 87% of the specimens from the patients with the different gastric diseases. The presence of the cagA gene correlated with that of vacA signal sequence type s1a (99%). However, no clear...
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