Tropheryma whipplei in fecal samples from children, Senegal

Horizon

ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES

Emerging Infectious Diseases

922-924 2009

fdi:010046140

ENG

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-6040

ISI:000266539100011

10.3201/eid1506.090182

https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046140

https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/06/010046140.pdf

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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. 052