Authors: Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce, Guillermo Perez-Perez, Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, Irma Mendoza, Rosenda Peñaloza-Espinosa, Irma Ramos, Dangeruta Kersulyte, Adriana Reyes-Leon, Carolina Romo, Julio Granados, Leopoldo Muñoz, Douglas E. Berg, Javier Torres
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027212
Abstract Summary
Mexican indigenous communities harbor unique Helicobacter pylori strains showing novel Amerindian genetic variants. Researchers studying Tarahumara, Huichol, and Nahua groups found that while most H. pylori isolates were Western type, some formed distinct Amerindian clusters in virulence genes cagA and vacA, shared with other indigenous American populations. These strains represent admixtures of Asian, European, and African lineages.
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Indigenous Mexican populations harbor unique H. pylori strains with novel Amerindian genetic variants, showing Asian, European, and African admixture, revealing bacterial evolution alongside human migration.
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