The evaluation of vacA gene alleles frequency in Helicobacter pylori strains in children and adults in Podlaskie region.

The frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection in population can depend on the organism resistance, genetic condition, and bacterial strains virulence. A vacA gene, of mosaic structure, which encodes vacuolating cytotoxin is one of the known genes of H. pylori. The existence of several different gen...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Kemona, Lech Chyczewski, Maciej Kaczmarski, Oksana Kowalczuk, Izabela Roszko, Elzbieta Maciorkowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2007-10-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4526