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Prevalence, risk factors, and virulence genes of Helicobacter pylori among dyspeptic patients in two different gastric cancer risk regions of Thailand.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Subsomwong Phawinee, Miftahussurur Muhammad, Uchida Tomohisa, Vilaichone Ratha-Korn, Ratanachu-Ek Thawee, Mahachai Varocha, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer risk is varied among different regions of Thailand. We examined the characteristics of Helicobacter pylori infection in two regions of Thailand. The H. pylori status of 273 dyspeptic patients (136 from the South and 137 from the North; a low and high incidence of gastric cancer region, respectively) was evaluated, and virulence genotypes (cagA, vacA, hrgA and jhp0562-positive/β-(1,3)galT) were...
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