Helicobacter pylori Infection in Thailand: A Nationwide Study of the CagA Phenotype

• Tomohisa Uchida,

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

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• Muhammad Miftahussurur,

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

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• Rapat Pittayanon,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Ratha-korn Vilaichone,

  Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand

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• Naruemon Wisedopas,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Thawee Ratanachu-ek,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Tetsuko Kishida,

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

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• Masatsugu Moriyama,

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

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• Yoshio Yamaoka ,

  * E-mail: yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp (YY); vmahachai@gmail.com (VM)

  Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 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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• Varocha Mahachai

  * E-mail: yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp (YY); vmahachai@gmail.com (VM)

  Affiliation Gastrointestinal and Liver Center, Bangkok Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand

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