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Genetic analysis of Helicobacter pylori strain populations colonizing the stomach at different times postinfection.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2007
Salama Nina R, Gonzalez-Valencia Gerardo, Deatherage Brooke, Aviles-Jimenez Francisco, Atherton John C, Graham David Y, Torres Javier
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Genetic diversity of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori in an individual host has been observed; whether this diversity represents diversification of a founding strain or a mixed infection with distinct strain populations is not clear. To examine this issue, we analyzed multiple single-colony isolates from two to four separate stomach biopsies of eight adult and four pediatric patients from a...
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