Prevalence of vacA, cagA and babA2 genes in Cuban Helicobacter pylori isolates

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Torres, Lino E ^a   Melián, Karelia ^b   Moreno, Arlenis ^a   Alonso, Jordis ^b   Sabatier, Carlos A ^b   Hernández, Mayrín ^a   Bermúdez, Ludisleydis ^a   Rodríguez, Boris L ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^b Medical Surgical Research Center   (Cuba)

Author keywords

cagA and BabA; Cuban dyspeptic patients; Helicobacter pylori; vacA

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ADHESION BINDING ANTIGEN 2; CAGA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 59249098812     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.204     Document Type: Article

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