The association of vacA genotype and Helicobacter pylori-related disease in Latin American and African populations

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 835-842

  Sugimoto, M ^a   Yamaoka, Y ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Middle region; Peptic ulcer; Signal region; VacA

Indexed keywords

VACUOLATING TOXIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STOMACH CANCER;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 69249099365     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02769.x     Document Type: Article

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