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Development of Two PCR-Based Techniques for Detecting Helical and Coccoid Forms of Helicobacter pylori
1 Aug 2004
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The primary mode of transmission of Helicobacter pylori, a human pathogen carried by more than half the population worldwide, is still unresolved. Some epidemiological data suggest water as a possible transmission route. H. pylori in the environment transforms into a nonculturable, coccoid form, which frequently results in the failure to detect this bacterium in environmental samples by conventional culture...
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