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Identification of a Latin American-specific BabA adhesin variant through whole genome sequencing of Helicobacter pylori patient isolates from Nicaragua.
BMC evolutionary biology - 29 Feb 2016
Thorell Kaisa, Hosseini Shaghayegh, Palacios Gonzáles Reyna Victoria Palacios, Chaotham Chatchai, Graham David Y, Paszat Lawrence, Rabeneck Linda, Lundin Samuel B, Nookaew Intawat, Sjöling Åsa
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BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections in humans and this infection can lead to gastric ulcers and gastric cancer. H. pylori is one of the most genetically variable human pathogens and the ability of the bacterium to bind to the host epithelium as well as the presence of different virulence factors and genetic variants within these genes have been associated...
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