Genetic relationship among isolates of Helicobacter pylori: Evidence for the existence of a Helicobacter pylori species-complex

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Hazell, Stuart L ^a   Andrews, Ross H ^b   Mitchell, Hazel M ^a   Daskalopoulous, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Inner West Endoscopy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

allozyme electrophoresis; genotype diversity; Helicobacter pylori; multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DUODENAL ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; GENE FREQUENCY; GREECE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030910252     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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