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High prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei in Lao kindergarten children.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Feb 2015

Keita Alpha Kabinet, Dubot-Pérès Audrey, Phommasone Koukeo, Sibounheuang Bountoy, Vongsouvath Manivanh, Mayxay Mayfong, Raoult Didier, Newton Paul N, Fenollar Florence

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BACKGROUND: Tropheryma whipplei is a bacterium commonly found in feces of young children in Africa, but with no data from Asia. We estimated the prevalence of T. whipplei carriage in feces of children in Lao PDR (Laos). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using specific quantitative real-time PCR, followed by genotyping for each positive specimen, we estimated the prevalence of T. whipplei in 113 feces from 106 children...

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PMID: 25699514
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003538
PMCID: PMC4336285

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