Assessment of East Asian-type cagA-positive Helicobacter pylori using stool specimens from asymptomatic healthy Japanese individuals

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1149-1153

  Hirai, Itaru ^a   Sasaki, Tadahiro ^a   Kimoto, Ai ^a   Fujimoto, Saori ^a   Moriyama, Toshiki ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIRULENCE;

EID: 69049107508     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010934-0     Document Type: Article

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