Evaluating the relationship between serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and A (IgA) anti-CagA antibody and the cagA gene in patients with dyspepsia

Background and Objectives: The cytotoxin-associated gene (cag) pathogenicity island is reported to be a major virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori infection. It is previously reported that the cagA-positive strains are more virulent, so it can be postulated that the cagA-positive gastritis will...

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Main Authors: Hashem Fakhre-Yaseri, Ali Baradaran-Moghaddam, Mehdi Shekaraby, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Seyed Kamran Soltani-Arabshahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/827