To obtain the first molecular epidemiological survey of T. whipplei intestinal colonization in Italy. Materials & methods: Retrospective, observational study to assess the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei, the causative agent of Whipple's disease, in stool samples (real-time PCR) of patients attending the Centre for Tropical Diseases (Italy) and risk factors associated.

Tropheryma whipplei intestinal colonization in Italian and migrant population: a retrospective observational study

Zavarise, Giorgio;Doro, Francesco;Bisoffi, Zeno
2019-01-01

Abstract

 To obtain the first molecular epidemiological survey of T. whipplei intestinal colonization in Italy. Materials & methods: Retrospective, observational study to assess the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei, the causative agent of Whipple's disease, in stool samples (real-time PCR) of patients attending the Centre for Tropical Diseases (Italy) and risk factors associated.
2019
Europe; PCR; Whipple's disease; epidemiology; intestinal colonization; migrants
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