Helicobacter pylori vacA s1a and s1b alleles from clinical isolates from different regions of Chile show a distinct geographic distribution

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 6366-6372

  Diaz M I ^a   Valdivia, A ^a   Martinez P ^a   Palacios, J L ^a   Harris, P ^a   Novales, J ^b   Garrido, E ^b   Valderrama, D ^c   Shilling, C ^d   Kirberg, A ^e   Hebel, E ^f   Fierro, J ^f   Bravo, R ^g   Siegel, F ^h   Leon, G ⁱ   Klapp, G ^j   Venegas, A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Diagnóstico Terapéutico Los Angeles   (Chile)

^c Hospital Valparaíso   (Chile)

^d Hospital San Martín de Quillota   (Chile)

^e Hospital Regional de Iquique   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^g Hospital Base de Linares   (Chile)

^h Medical School   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j Hospital Regional de Punta Arenas   (Chile)

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Author keywords

Chilean isolates; H pylori; m1 and m2 sequences; s1; s2; vacA alleles

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; VACUOLATING TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DUODENOSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GASTROSCOPY; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STOMACH DISEASE;

EID: 29544447580     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i40.6366     Document Type: Article

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