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Tropheryma whipplei: A Common Bacterium in Rural Senegal

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66

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20

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2011

Year

Alpha Kabinet Kéita, Hubert Bassène, Adama Tall, Cheikh Sokhna, Pavel Ratmanov, Jean‐François Trape, Didier Raoult, Florence Fenollar
PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Abstract

T. whipplei is a common bacterium in the Sine-Saloum area of rural Senegal that is contracted early in childhood. Epidemic genotypes suggest a human transmission of the bacterium.

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