Low prevalence of the intact cag pathogenicity island in clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Karachi, Pakistan

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Jafri, W ^a   Abbas, Z ^a   Abid, S ^a   Khan, R ^a   Jafri, N ^a   Ahmad, Z ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Duodenal ulcer; Genes; Genomic islands; Helicobacter pylori; Non ulcer dyspepsia

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 71049157188     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2009.11730260     Document Type: Article

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