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Population genetic structure and isolation by distance of Helicobacter pylori in Senegal and Madagascar.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Linz Bodo, Vololonantenainab Clairette Romaine Raharisolo, Seck Abdoulaye, Carod Jean-François, Dia Daouda, Garin Benoit, Ramanampamonjy Rado Manitrala, Thiberge Jean-Michel, Raymond Josette, Breurec Sebastien
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori has probably infected the human stomach since our origins and subsequently diversified in parallel with their human hosts. The genetic population history of H. pylori can therefore be used as a marker for human migration. We analysed seven housekeeping gene sequences of H. pylori strains isolated from 78 Senegalese and 24 Malagasy patients and compared them with the sequences of strains from...
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