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The impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on the gastric microbiota of the rhesus macaque.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Martin Miriam E, Bhatnagar Srijak, George Michael D, Paster Bruce J, Canfield Don R, Eisen Jonathan A, Solnick Jay V
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori colonization is highly prevalent among humans and causes significant gastric disease in a subset of those infected. When present, this bacterium dominates the gastric microbiota of humans and induces antimicrobial responses in the host. Since the microbial context of H. pylori colonization influences the disease outcome in a mouse model, we sought to assess the impact of H. pylori challenge...
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