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DNA-level diversity and relatedness of Helicobacter pylori strains in shantytown families in Peru and transmission in a developing-country setting.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Herrera Phabiola M, Mendez Melissa, Velapatiño Billie, Velapatiõ Billie, Santivañez Livia, Santivaez Livia, Balqui Jacqueline, Finger S Alison, Sherman Jonathan, Zimic Mirko, Cabrera Lilia, Watanabe Jose, Rodríguez Carlos, Gilman Robert H, Berg Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
The efficiency of transmission of a pathogen within families compared with that between unrelated persons can affect both the strategies needed to control or eradicate infection and how the pathogen evolves. In industrialized countries, most cases of transmission of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori seems to be from mother to child. An alternative model, potentially applicable among the very poor in...
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