The Characterization of Helicobacter pylori DNA Associated with Ancient Human Remains Recovered from a Canadian Glacier

• Main Authors: Treena Swanston, Monique Haakensen, Harry Deneer, Ernest G. Walker
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Aishihik; British Columbia; Canada; Champagne; Samuel Glacier; Tatshenshini-Alsek Park; First Nations
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.293.4946

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach of nearly half of the world’s population. Genotypic characterization of H. pylori strains involves the analysis of virulence-associated genes, such as vacA, which has multiple alleles. Previous phylogenetic analyses have rev...