Prevalence of asymptomatic Tropheryma whipplei carriage among humans and nonhuman primates

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 880-887

  Fenollar, Florence ^a   Trani, Michèle ^b   Davoust, Bernard ^c   Salle, Bettina ^d   Birg, Marie Laure ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASTBTP   (France)

^c Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

^d Centre de Primatologie du Centre International de Recherche Médicale de Franceville   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE DISEASES; SALIVA; SEWAGE; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 40949111533     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528693     Document Type: Article

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