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Assessment of East Asian-type cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori using stool specimens from asymptomatic healthy Japanese individuals.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2009
Hirai Itaru, Sasaki Tadahiro, Kimoto Ai, Fujimoto Saori, Moriyama Toshiki, Yamamoto Yoshimasa
Abstract excerpt
Recent investigations have suggested that CagA, a virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori and known to have multiple genotypes, plays a critical role in the development of stomach cancer. However, the prevalence of cagA-positive H. pylori strains and the cagA genotypes have not been well studied in healthy individuals because of the difficulty in collecting gastric specimens. In the present study, we assessed the...
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