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Helicobacter pylori from Peruvian amerindians: traces of human migrations in strains from remote Amazon, and genome sequence of an Amerind strain.
PloS one - 29 Nov 2010
Kersulyte Dangeruta, Kalia Awdhesh, Gilman Robert H, Mendez Melissa, Herrera Phabiola, Cabrera Lilia, Velapatiño Billie, Balqui Jacqueline, Paredes Puente de la Vega Freddy, Rodriguez Ulloa Carlos A, Cok Jaime, Hooper Catherine C, Dailide Giedrius, Tamma Sravya, Berg Douglas E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is extraordinary in its genetic diversity, the differences between strains from well-separated human populations, and the range of diseases that infection promotes. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Housekeeping gene sequences from H. pylori from residents of an Amerindian village in the Peruvian Amazon, Shimaa, were related to, but not intermingled with, those from Asia....
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