cagA-Positive Helicobacter pylori populations in China and The Netherlands are distinct

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1822-1826

  Van Der Ende, Arie ^a   Pan, Zhi Jun ^a,b,c   Bart, Aldert ^a   Van Der Hulst, René W M ^a   Feller, Monique ^a   Xiao, Shu Dong ^b   Tytgat, Guido N J ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOPSY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0031923742     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.1822-1826.1998     Document Type: Article

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