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Comparative study between Helicobacter pylori and host human genetics in the Dominican Republic.
BMC evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2019
Ono Takaaki, Cruz Modesto, Jiménez Abreu José A, Nagashima Hiroyuki, Subsomwong Phawinee, Hosking Celso, Shiota Seiji, Suzuki Rumiko, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that infects the human stomach, has high genetic diversity. Because its evolution is parallel to human, H. pylori is used as a tool to trace human migration. However, there are few studies about the relationship between phylogeography of H. pylori and its host human. METHODS: We examined both H. pylori DNA and the host mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome DNA obtained...
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