Behzad Emadi

Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, International campus, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Determination of Helicobacter pylori virulence-associated genes in duodenal ulcer and gastric biopsies

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori or Hp) has been strongly associated with the peptic ulcer diseases, chronic gastritis, ulcers, and gastric cancer. Genes associated with pathogenicity have been designated for H. pylori, and some of them appear to be related to more severe clinical consequences of the infection. The present study was conducted to determine cagA, vacA, cagE, iceA1, oipA...