Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in Ethiopian dyspeptic patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2682-2684

  Asrat, Daniel ^a   Nilsson, Ingrid ^c   Mengistu, Yohannes ^a   Kassa, Endale ^a   Ashenafi, Senait ^a   Ayenew, Kiros ^b   Wadström, Torkel ^c   Abu Al Soud, Waleed ^c  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAGA GENE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DYSPEPSIA; ETHIOPIA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VACA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 2942618694     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2682-2684.2004     Document Type: Article

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