Prevalence of cagA and vacA Genes in Isolates from Patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated Gastroduodenal Diseases in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 817-821

  Brito, Carlos A A ^b   Silva, Lenôra M B ^a   Jucá, Norma ^b   Leal, Nilma C ^a   De Souza, Wayner ^a   Queiroz, Dulciene ^c   Cordeiro, Francisco ^b   Silva, Norma Lucena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; cagA; Genotype; Helicobacter pylori; Recife; vacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0346362075     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600018     Document Type: Article

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