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Helicobacter pylori infection is unlikely to be transmitted between partners: evidence from genotypic study in partners of infected patients.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 May 2002
Luman W, Zhao Yi, Ng H S, Ling K L
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INTRODUCTION: We postulated that the oro-oral route of transmission between spouses could be an important route of transmission of Helicobacter pylori. AIMS: To estimate the prevalence of different genotypes of H. pylori as distinguished by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in our local population, and to compare the genotypes of H. pylori isolated from...
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