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Regional variation among vacA alleles of Helicobacter pylori in China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2003
Wang Jingtong, van Doorn Leen-Jan, Robinson Philip A, Ji Xuhuai, Wang Dong, Wang Yu, Ge Lianying, Telford John L, Crabtree Jean E
Abstract excerpt
Allelic variation among Helicobacter pylori vacA occurs in the signal and middle region of the gene. The aim of the study was to investigate alleleic variation of vacA among H. pylori strains from three regional areas of China and the relationship between vacA alleles and PUD. DNA extracted from 88 clinical isolates of H. pylori was analyzed by type-specific PCR and reverse hybridization line probe assay (LiPA)...
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