Molecular Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Nepal: Specific Ancestor Root

• Muhammad Miftahussurur,

  Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Gastroentero-Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Airlangga University Faculty of Medicine, Surabaya, Indonesia, Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia

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• Rabi Prakash Sharma,

  Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Pradeep Krishna Shrestha,

  Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Rumiko Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan

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• Tomohisa Uchida,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan

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• Yoshio Yamaoka

  * E-mail: yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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