Research Article

Prevalence of the Helicobacter pylori babA2 Gene in Children Mainly Depends on the PCR Primer Set Used

Table 1

PCR primers used for the babA2 gene detection.

PrimerSequence (5′-3′)Size (bp)Reference

babA2FAATCCAAAAAGGAGAAAAAGTATGAAA (s)832Gerhard et al. [4]
babA2RTGTTAGTGATTTCGGTGTAGGACA (as)

bab7-FCCAAACGAAACAAAAAGCGT (s)271Sheu et al. [14]
bab7-RGCTTGTGTAAAAGCCGTCGT (as)

babA (B)-F1TATCAAGCCGTGCTTTT (s)139Homan et al. [15]
babA (B)-F2TATCAGGCCGTGCTTTT (s)
babA (B)-F3TATCAAGCGGTGCTTTT (s)
babA2k-rew2CAACGAGCCAGGGTATC (as)

s: sense; as: antisense.