No Correlation of <i>bab</i>A2 with <i>vac</i>A and <i>cag</i>A Genotypes of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and Grading of Gastritis from Peptic Ulcer Disease Patients in Brazil

Abstract

babA2 genotype is frequently found in H. pylori strains from peptic ulcer disease in Brazil, although it has no significant correlation to the worsening of the gastritis and to other virulence markers such as vacAs1 and cagA.