Europeans Brought New Strains of Ulcer-Causing Bacterium to Pre-Columbian Americas (IMAGE)

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Europeans Brought New Strains of Ulcer-Causing Bacterium to Pre-Columbian Americas

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Distinct new sub-populations of Helicobacter pylori have evolved in North, Central and South America.

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Kaisa Thorell, Koji Yahara and colleagues

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