Correlation between cag Pathogenicity Island Composition and Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastroduodenal Disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6573-6581

  Nilsson, Christina ^a,b   Sillén, Anna ^a   Eriksson, Lena ^a   Strand, Mona Lisa ^a   Enroth, Helena ^d   Normark, Staffan ^b   Falk, Per ^c   Engstrand, Lars ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Clinical Microbiology Laboratory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CAGA PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAG PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUODENUM DISEASE; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; GENE DELETION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH DISEASE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DUODENAL ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242286536     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6573-6581.2003     Document Type: Article

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