Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and New York Harbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York 10016, USA. martin.blaser@med.nyu.edu
Helicobacter pylori are bacteria that have coevolved with humans to be transmitted from person to person and to persistently colonize the stomach. Their population structure is a model for the ecology of the indigenous microbiota. A well-choreographed equilibrium between bacterial effectors and host responses permits microbial persistence and health of the host but confers risk of serious diseases, including peptic ulceration and gastric neoplasia.
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