Genotyping of cagA and vacA, Lewis antigen status, and analysis of the poly-(C) tract in the α(1,3)-fucosyltransferase gene of Irish Helicobacter pylori isolates

Abstract Much work has focused on trying to identify markers in Helicobacter pylori that might allow the eventual disease outcome of an infection to be predicted. In this study we examined the cagA and vacA genotype, and Lewis status in a panel of 43 Irish H. pylori clinical isolates, and investigat...

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