Helicobacter pylori sabA gene is associated with iron deficiency anemia in childhood and adolescence.

Gastric Helicobacter pylori colonization leads to iron deficiency anemia (IDA), especially in children and adolescents. However the pathogenesis is poorly understood.We sought to identify specific H. pylori genes involved in IDA development, by comparing bacterial genome-wide expression profiling in...

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Main Authors: Seiichi Kato, Takako Osaki, Shigeru Kamiya, Xue-Song Zhang, Martin J Blaser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5576686?pdf=render