Simple and accurate PCR-based system for typing vacuolating cytotoxin alleles of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2979-2982

  Atherton, J C ^a,b   Cover, T L ^c   Twells, R J ^b   Morales, M R ^c,d   Hawkey, C J ^a   Blaser, M J ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032804785     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2979-2982.1999     Document Type: Article

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