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. 2007 Mar;73(6):2033-5.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.02335-06. Epub 2007 Feb 2.

Tropheryma whipplei in the environment: survey of sewage plant influxes and sewage plant workers

Maximilian Schöniger-Hekele  1 , Dagmar Petermann, Beate Weber, Christian Müller
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Tropheryma whipplei in the environment: survey of sewage plant influxes and sewage plant workers

Maximilian Schöniger-Hekele et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Mar.

Abstract

We studied the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei in influxes to 46 sewage treatment plants and in stool, mouthwash fluids, and dental plaques of 64 healthy workers in those facilities and 146 disease control patients. T. whipplei was found in sewage water, in stool of healthy individuals, and significantly more often in stool of workers exposed to sewage water.

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