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Determination of Helicobacter pylori vacA allelic types by single-step multiplex PCR.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Chisholm S A, Teare E L, Patel B, Owen R J
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AIMS: To develop and evaluate a novel multiplex PCR assay that enables definition of Helicobacter pylori vacA allelic type in a single reaction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Application of the one-step system to DNA extracts from 22 cultures of known vacA genotype demonstrated that it was highly accurate. Analysis of 15 matched gastric biopsy/culture pairs generated exactly correlating genotype profiles. vacA genotypes...
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