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Population Identification of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Russia

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Using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), 22 Helicobacter pylori isolates from Russia have been characterized. All of the Russian strains were assigned to a single population, hpEurope.

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Translated from Genetika, Vol. 41, No. 10, 2005, pp. 1434–1437.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Momynaliev, Chelysheva, Acopian, Selezneva, Linz, Achtman, Govorun.

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Momynaliev, K.T., Chelysheva, V.V., Acopian, T.A. et al. Population Identification of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Russia. Russ J Genet 41, 1182–1185 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11177-005-0217-3

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