Genomic epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in regions with high and low risk of gastric cancer, Colombia
Kevin Guzman, Danilo Igua, Harold Mauricio Casas Cruz, Alvaro Pazos, Arsenio Hidalgo · 2026
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Description
Kevin Guzman and co-authors read the genomes of Helicobacter pylori across Colombian ground where stomach cancer rates split sharply. The bacterium infects most of the world and drives stomach cancer, yet few carriers fall ill. In Nariño, infection is near universal on both the Andean heights and the Pacific coast, while cancer rates part by a wide gulf.
Their study joins death records from dozens of towns with genome reads of the bacterium's virulence genes. Higher ground tracks higher cancer deaths. Two local bacterial lineages stand out, one Andean and one coastal, with gene flow between them. The split helps crack the long-named Colombian enigma of risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kevin Guzman, Danilo Igua, Harold Mauricio Casas Cruz, Alvaro Pazos, Arsenio Hidalgo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |