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Helicobacter pylori heterogeneity in patients with gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2013
Armitano Rita Inés, Matteo Mario José, Goldman Cinthia, Wonaga Andrés, Viola Luis Alberto, De Palma Gerardo Zerbetto, Catalano Mariana
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversification allows Helicobacter pylori to persist during chronic colonization/infection. We investigated the intra-host variation of several markers that suggested microevolution in patients with chonic gastritis (CG) and peptic ulcer disease (PUD). One-hundred twenty-six isolates recovered from 14 patients with CG and 13 patients with PUD were analysed. cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI), oipA, vacA,...
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