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Rare Helicobacter pylori Virulence Genotypes in Bhutan.
Scientific reports - 2 Mar 2016
Matsunari Osamu, Miftahussurur Muhammad, Shiota Seiji, Suzuki Rumiko, Vilaichone Ratha-Korn, Uchida Tomohisa, Ratanachu-ek Thawee, Tshering Lotay, Mahachai Varocha, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
Both the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the incidence of gastric cancer are high in Bhutan. The high incidence of atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer suggest the phylogeographic origin of an infection with a more virulent strain of H. pylori. More than 90% of Bhutanese strains possessed the highly virulent East Asian-type CagA and all strains had the most virulent type of vacA (s1 type). More...
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