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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Fenollar, Florence ; Trape, Jean-François ; Bassene, Hubert ; Sokhna, Cheikh ; Raoult, Didier
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Description:
We tested fecal samples from 150 healthy children 2-10 years of age who lived in rural Senegal and found the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei was 44%. Unique genotypes were associated with this bacterium. Our findings suggest that T. whipplei is emerging as a highly prevalent pathogen in sub-Saharan Africa.
Subject:
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Bacteria
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Diarrhea
Dispatch
Enteric Diseases
Expedited
Feces
Female
Gastroenteritis
Genotype
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Rural Population
Tropheryma
Tropheryma Whipplei
Whipple Disease
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(6):922-924.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Senegal
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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