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Intrastrain Differences in<i>Helicobacter pylori</i>: A Key Question in Mucosal Damage?
1 Jan 1995
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Helicobacter pylori causes persistent infection and inflammation in the human stomach, yet only a small fraction of infected people develop illness. An important question is why this diversity exists in infection outcome. In recent years, there has been evidence of substantial phenotypic as well as genotypic diversity of H. pylori. Three different phenotypes--production of vacuolating cytotoxin, presence of cagA,...
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