Ethnic and geographic differentiation of Helicobacter pylori within Iran.

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human stomach, with individual infections persisting for decades. The spread of the bacterium has been shown to reflect both ancient and recent human migrations. We have sequenced housekeeping genes from H. pylori isolated from 147 Iranians with well-c...

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Main Authors: Saeid Latifi-Navid, Seyed Ali Ghorashi, Farideh Siavoshi, Bodo Linz, Sadegh Massarrat, Tanya Khegay, Ali-Hatef Salmanian, Ali Akbar Shayesteh, Mohsen Masoodi, Koroush Ghanadi, Azita Ganji, Sebastian Suerbaum, Mark Achtman, Reza Malekzadeh, Daniel Falush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2842290?pdf=render