Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA, cagA, cagE, iceA, babA2, and oipA genotypes in patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases

Background and Objectives: Helicobacter pylori has been strongly associated with peptic ulcer diseases, chronic gastritis, ulcers, and reported as a risk factor for gastric cancer, too. The vaculating cytotoxin (vacA), the cytotoxin associated genes (cagA), the induced by contact with epithelium fa...

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Main Authors: Hossein Sedaghat, Rezvan Moniri, Raika Jamali, Abbas Arj, Mohsen Razavi Zadeh, Seyed Gholam Abbas Moosavi, Maryam Rezaei, Mohammad Pourbabaee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/472