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- Title
Living dangerously: how Helicobacter pylori survives in the human stomach.
- Authors
Montecucco, C; Rappuoli, R
- Abstract
Helicobacter pylori was already present in the stomach of primitive humans as they left Africa and spread through the world. Today, it still chronically infects more than 50% of the human population, causing, in some cases, severe diseases such as peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. To succeed in these long-term associations, H. pylori has developed a unique set of virulence factors, which allow survival in a unique and hostile ecological niche--the human stomach.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2001, Vol 2, Issue 6, p457
- ISSN
1471-0072
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/35073084