Distribution of distinct vacA, cagA and iceA alleles in Helicobacter pylori in Hong Kong

Helicobacter

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 317-324

  Wong, Benjamin Chun Yu ^a   Yin, Yan ^a,b   Berg, Douglas E ^c   Xia, Harry Hua Ng ^a   Zhang, Jian Zhong ^b   Wang, Wei Hong ^a   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Huang, Xiao Ru ^a   Tang, Vera Shun Yim ^a   Lam, Shiu Kum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CagA; Genotype; Helicobacter pylori; IceA; VacA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAGA GENE; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ICEA GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; VACA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0035660357     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.2001.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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