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Helicobacter pylori with East Asian-type cagPAI genes is more virulent than strains with Western-type in some cagPAI genes.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Jan 2000
Yuan Xiao-Yan, Yan Jin-Jun, Yang Ya-Chao, Wu Chun-Mei, Hu Yan, Geng Jian-Li
Abstract excerpt
The severity of Helicobacter pylori-related disease is correlated with the presence and integrity of a cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI). cagPAI genotype may have a modifying effect on the pathogenic potential of the infecting strain. After analyzing the sequences of cagPAI genes, some strains with the East Asian-type cagPAI genes were selected for further analysis to examine the association between the diversity...
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