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Global epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori iceA genotypes: heterogeneity and virulence implications.
Microbiology spectrum - 7 Jul 2026
Ren Yayi, Xie Jia, Zhou Long, Zhang Zelin, Xia Tingting, Ning Jie, Wu Chao
Abstract excerpt
The contact-induced epithelium gene A (iceA), with allelic variants iceA1 and iceA2, remains a controversial virulence factor in Helicobacter pylori due to inconsistent clinical outcomes. In this study, we analyzed 1,427 H. pylori genomes from the NCBI database and 200 clinical isolates from Shenzhen, China, to elucidate the global distribution of iceA genotypes and their associations with other virulence...
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