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Mosaic structure of the vacA gene comprising the variable s and m regions. The locations of the various primer target sites are indicated by arrows, and the expected amplimer sizes are shown. Primer sets A through F were described by Atherton et al. (3). Primer sets G and H were described in the present study and permit general amplification of the vacA s and m regions with single primer sets.
