Prevalence and genetic diversity of cagD, cagE, and vacA in Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Japanese patients

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 981-986

  Sadakane, Y ^a   Kusaha, K ^a   Nagasawa, Z ^a   Tanabe, I ^a   Kuroki, S ^a   Tadano, J ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cagD; cagE; Gastritis; Helicobacter pylori; Ulcer; vacA

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032693956     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750025075     Document Type: Article

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