WHIPPLE’S DISEASE
MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Whipple’s disease is a chronic multiorgan infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei, a weakly staining gram-positive bacillus. Humans are the only known host. Seroprevalence studies indicate that ∼50% of people in Western Europe and ∼75% of those in rural Senegal have been exposed to T. whipplei, and the disease prevalence is estimated at 1–3 cases per 1 million population. The route of transmission is unclear but probably involves fecal–oral spread and possibly involves droplet and/or airborne transmission.
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Kasper, Dennis L., et al., editors. "WHIPPLE’S DISEASE." Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 20th ed., McGraw Hill Inc., 2020. harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623716/all/WHIPPLE’S_DISEASE.
WHIPPLE’S DISEASE. In: Kasper DLD, Fauci ASA, Hauser SLS, et al, eds. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2020. https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623716/all/WHIPPLE’S_DISEASE. Accessed February 1, 2025.
WHIPPLE’S DISEASE. (2020). In Kasper, D. L., Fauci, A. S., Hauser, S. L., Longo, D. L., Jameson, J. L., & Loscalzo, J. (Eds.), Harrison's Manual of Medicine (20th ed.). McGraw Hill Inc.. https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623716/all/WHIPPLE’S_DISEASE
WHIPPLE’S DISEASE [Internet]. In: Kasper DLD, Fauci ASA, Hauser SLS, Longo DLD, Jameson JLJ, Loscalzo JJ, editors. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2020. [cited 2025 February 01]. Available from: https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623716/all/WHIPPLE’S_DISEASE.
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