Article
Helicobacter pylori typing as a tool for tracking human migration.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2009
Yamaoka Y
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori strains from different geographic areas exhibit clear phylogeographical differentiation; therefore, the genotypes of H. pylori strains can serve as markers for the migration of human populations. Currently, the genotypes of two virulence factors of H. pylori, cagA and vacA, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) are widely used markers for genomic diversity within H. pylori populations. There...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Emigration and Immigration
- Genotype
- Geography
- Helicobacter Infections