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A novel method for genotyping the Helicobacter pylori vacA intermediate region directly in gastric biopsy specimens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2012
Ferreira Rui M, Machado Jose C, Letley Darren, Atherton John C, Pardo Maria L, Gonzalez Carlos A, Carneiro Fatima, Figueiredo Ceu
Abstract excerpt
The present report describes a novel method for genotyping the virulence-associated vacA intermediate (i) region of Helicobacter pylori in archive material. vacA i-region genotypes as determined by the novel method were completely concordant with those of sequence analysis and with those of functional vacuolation activity. The method was further validated directly in gastric biopsy specimens of 386 H....
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