Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA Genes and Their Association with Gastrointestinal Diseases

H. pylori infection causes peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, and gastric carcinoma. It has several virulence factors such as cytotoxin-associated gene A(cagA) and the induced by contact with epithelium antigen (iceA). We aimed to explore the relationship be...

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Main Authors: Ashwak M. F. Abu-Taleb, Randa S. Abdelattef, Amina A. Abdel-Hady, Farida H. Omran, Lobna A. El-korashi, Hoda Abdel-aziz El-hady, Ahmed M. El-Gebaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4809093