Helicobacter pylori cagA status and s and m alleles of vacA in isolates from individuals with a variety of H. pylori-associated gastric diseases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3435-3437

  Evans, Dolores G ^a   Queiroz, Dulciene M M ^b   Mendes, Edilberto N ^b   Evans Jr , Doyle J ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM ULCER; ETHNOLOGY; GASTRITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031686933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3435-3437.1998     Document Type: Article

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