Experimental infection of Mongolian gerbils with wild-type and mutant Helicobacter pylori strains.

doi:10.1128/IAI.66.10.4856-4866.1998

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Experimental infection of Mongolian gerbils with wild-type and mutant Helicobacter pylori strains.

Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1998

Wirth H P, Beins M H, Yang M, Tham K T, Blaser M J

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Experimental Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in Mongolian gerbils with fresh human isolates that carry or do not carry cagA (cagA-positive or cagA-negative, respectively), multiply passaged laboratory strains, wild-type strain G1.1, or isogenic ureA, cagA, or vacA mutants of G1.1. Anima...

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Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Female
Gastritis
Gerbillinae
Helicobacter Infections
Helicobacter pylori
Humans
Male
Mutation
Pyloric Antrum
Sex Factors
Urease

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