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Age of the association between Helicobacter pylori and man.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Moodley Yoshan, Linz Bodo, Bond Robert P, Nieuwoudt Martin, Soodyall Himla, Schlebusch Carina M, Bernhöft Steffi, Hale James, Suerbaum Sebastian, Mugisha Lawrence, van der Merwe Schalk W, Achtman Mark
Abstract excerpt
When modern humans left Africa ca. 60,000 years ago (60 kya), they were already infected with Helicobacter pylori, and these bacteria have subsequently diversified in parallel with their human hosts. But how long were humans infected by H. pylori prior to the out-of-Africa event? Did this co-evolution predate the emergence of modern humans, spanning the species divide? To answer these questions, we investigated...
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