Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA, cagA and iceA genotypes in South African patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Tanih, Nicoline F ^a   McMillan, Martin ^b   Naidoo, Nathan ^c   Ndip, Lucy M ^d   Weaver, Lawrence T ^b   Ndip, Roland N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Gastroenterology   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Gastric related morbidities; Genotypes; Helicobacter pylori; Prevalence; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAGA PROTEIN; ICEA PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA PRIMERS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRULENCE;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 77955278894     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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