Reviewer's report 
 Helicobacter pylori Genotypes Identified in Gastric Biopsy Specimens from Jordanian patients Title: 
 5  13 September 2006 Version: Date: 
 Barbara Schneider Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The paper is much improved, and can be accepted. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
abstract, line 12, and also page 8, line 4, and page 11, line 13, change “correlated” to “associated”, which is 
appropriate for the statistical tests used. 
Page 6, line 16: Change “patient’s population” to “patient population”. Discussion: 4th sentence is a run-on sentence and needs editorial assistance; a semicolon after “(68.2%) 
should fix it. 
Page 9, line 14: Change “equally detected” to “detected in approximately equal numbers”. 
page 11, first line. Unclear sentence. Does the writer mean that there were no s1, m1 and iceA2 biopsies? If 
so, the meaning of the P value is unclear. 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 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 from Jordanian patients Title: 
 5  13 September 2006 Version: Date: 
 Barbara Schneider Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The paper is much improved, and can be accepted. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
abstract, line 12, and also page 8, line 4, and page 11, line 13, change “correlated” to “associated”, which is 
appropriate for the statistical tests used. 
Page 6, line 16: Change “patient’s population” to “patient population”. Discussion: 4th sentence is a run-on sentence and needs editorial assistance; a semicolon after “(68.2%) 
should fix it. 
Page 9, line 14: Change “equally detected” to “detected in approximately equal numbers”. 
page 11, first line. Unclear sentence. Does the writer mean that there were no s1, m1 and iceA2 biopsies? If 
so, the meaning of the P value is unclear. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 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 from Jordanian patients Title: 
 5  13 September 2006 Version: Date: 
 Barbara Schneider Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The paper is much improved, and can be accepted. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
abstract, line 12, and also page 8, line 4, and page 11, line 13, change “correlated” to “associated”, which is 
appropriate for the statistical tests used. 
Page 6, line 16: Change “patient’s population” to “patient population”. Discussion: 4th sentence is a run-on sentence and needs editorial assistance; a semicolon after “(68.2%) 
should fix it. 
Page 9, line 14: Change “equally detected” to “detected in approximately equal numbers”. 
page 11, first line. Unclear sentence. Does the writer mean that there were no s1, m1 and iceA2 biopsies? If 
so, the meaning of the P value is unclear. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 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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