Allelic diversity of the Helicobacter priori vacuolating cytotoxin gene in South Africa: Rarity of the vacA s1a genotype and natural occurrence of an s2/m1 allele

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1203-1205

  Letley, D P ^a   Lastovica, A ^b,c   Louw, J A ^c,d   Hawkey, C J ^a   Atherton, J C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

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

EID: 0032998964     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1203-1205.1999     Document Type: Article

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