Reviewer's report 
 Helicobacter pylori Genotypes Identified in Gastric Biopsy Specimens Title: 
 1  4 July 2006 Version: Date: 
 Elvira Garza GonzÃ¡lez Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report the H. pylori genotypes in Jordanian patients. 
As this information has not been published before, its publication could be interesting. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions 
Will be very interesting that the authors include the gastrointestinal pathologies and its possible correlation 
with the H. pylori genotypes. 
The authors found that 110 biopsies were positive for H. pylori and among them, 20 were vacA s1 and 24 
were vacA s1. What about the 66 remaining positive samples? 
All H. pylori genomes have a vacA gene with either s1 or s2 allele. 
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Minor Essential Revisions The abstract is not clear in the last sentence of the results section. 
The English should be carefully revised 
Will be easy to review the results if the statistical analysis is showed in each result, not in a separate paragraph. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have responded to the major What next?: 
compulsory revisions 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Helicobacter pylori Genotypes Identified in Gastric Biopsy Specimens Title: 
 1  4 July 2006 Version: Date: 
 Elvira Garza GonzÃ¡lez Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report the H. pylori genotypes in Jordanian patients. 
As this information has not been published before, its publication could be interesting. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions 
Will be very interesting that the authors include the gastrointestinal pathologies and its possible correlation 
with the H. pylori genotypes. 
The authors found that 110 biopsies were positive for H. pylori and among them, 20 were vacA s1 and 24 
were vacA s1. What about the 66 remaining positive samples? 
All H. pylori genomes have a vacA gene with either s1 or s2 allele. 
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Minor Essential Revisions The abstract is not clear in the last sentence of the results section. 
The English should be carefully revised 
Will be easy to review the results if the statistical analysis is showed in each result, not in a separate paragraph. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have responded to the major What next?: 
compulsory revisions 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Helicobacter pylori Genotypes Identified in Gastric Biopsy Specimens Title: 
 1  4 July 2006 Version: Date: 
 Elvira Garza GonzÃ¡lez Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report the H. pylori genotypes in Jordanian patients. 
As this information has not been published before, its publication could be interesting. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions 
Will be very interesting that the authors include the gastrointestinal pathologies and its possible correlation 
with the H. pylori genotypes. 
The authors found that 110 biopsies were positive for H. pylori and among them, 20 were vacA s1 and 24 
were vacA s1. What about the 66 remaining positive samples? 
All H. pylori genomes have a vacA gene with either s1 or s2 allele. 
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Minor Essential Revisions The abstract is not clear in the last sentence of the results section. 
The English should be carefully revised 
Will be easy to review the results if the statistical analysis is showed in each result, not in a separate paragraph. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have responded to the major What next?: 
compulsory revisions 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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