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The geographic origin of Helicobacter pylori isolated from Costa Rican patients.
Gut microbes - 1 Jul 2014
Molina-Castro Silvia E, Herrera Dayana, Malespín-Bendaña Wendy, Ramírez Vanessa, Une Clas
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori infects a significant proportion of the world population and it is associated with pathologies which include chronic atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric neoplasias such as gastric adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma. Costa Rica has a high prevalence of the infection and an elevated incidence of gastric cancer and its associated mortality. The global population structure for H. pylori...
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