Prevalence of AsymptomaticTropheryma whippleiCarriage among Humans and Nonhuman Primates
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- 15 March 2008
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 197 (6) , 880-887
- https://doi.org/10.1086/528693
Abstract
BackgroundThe reservoir of the agent of Whipple disease is unknown. Asymptomatic carriage of Tropheryma whipplei in human stool and saliva is controvKeywords
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