Article
Analysis of the intactness of Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island in Iranian strains by a new PCR-based strategy and its relationship with virulence genotypes and EPIYA motifs.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2015
Yadegar Abbas, Alebouyeh Masoud, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Variants of the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) and certain virulence genotypes have been proposed to be associated with different gastric disorders. In the present study, we designed a new PCR-based strategy to investigate the intactness of cagPAI in Iranian patients using...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA Primers
- Duodenal Diseases
- Female
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Iran
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Deletion
- Virulence Factors
