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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Helicobacter pylori
SUBMITTER: Nina Salama
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7619 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Salama Nina R NR Gonzalez-Valencia Gerardo G Deatherage Brooke B Aviles-Jimenez Francisco F Atherton John C JC Graham David Y DY Torres Javier J
Journal of bacteriology 20070302 10
Genetic diversity of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori in an individual host has been observed; whether this diversity represents diversification of a founding strain or a mixed infection with distinct strain populations is not clear. To examine this issue, we analyzed multiple single-colony isolates from two to four separate stomach biopsies of eight adult and four pediatric patients from a high-incidence Mexican population. Eleven of the 12 patients contained isolates with identic ...[more]