Sewage workers with low antibody responses may be colonized successively by several Tropheryma whipplei strains
Objectives: Asymptomatic faecal carriage of Tropheryma whipplei, the agent of Whipple's disease, is reported among sewage workers. However, the potential development of such carriage is unknown. A 7-year follow-up of T. whipplei-carrying sewage workers is reported. Methods: Nineteen sewage work...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000958 |