High frequency of cagA and vacA s1a/m2 genotype among Helicobacter pylori infected gastric biopsies of Pakistani children

Malaysian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Rasheed, Faisal ^a   Ahmad, Tanvir ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^b   Ali, Salman ^c   Ahmed, Safia ^b   Bilal, Rakhshanda ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CagA; Children; Frequency; H. pylori; PCR; VacA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051927797     PISSN: 22317538     EISSN: 18238262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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