Distribution of vacA and cagA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Kuwait

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Qabandi, Asmaa Al ^a   Mustafa, A S ^a   Siddique, I ^a   Khajah, A K ^b   Madda, J P ^b   Junaid, T A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

cagA; Genotypes; Helicobacter pylori; Kuwait; vacA

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ALLELE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH ASIA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 14844338577     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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