Age of the association between Helicobacter pylori and man.

Age of the association between Helicobacter pylori and man.

When modern humans left Africa ca. 60,000 years ago (60 kya), they were already infected with Helicobacter pylori, and these bacteria have subsequently diversified in parallel with their human hosts. But how long were humans infected by H. pylori prior to the out-of-Africa event? Did this co-evoluti...

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Main Authors: Yoshan Moodley, Bodo Linz, Robert P Bond, Martin Nieuwoudt, Himla Soodyall, Carina M Schlebusch, Steffi Bernhöft, James Hale, Sebastian Suerbaum, Lawrence Mugisha, Schalk W van der Merwe, Mark Achtman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22589724/pdf/?tool=EBI

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