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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper [[sanitation]] decreases the risk of [[infection]] with [[Tropheryma whipplei]]. | There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper [[sanitation]] decreases the risk of [[infection]] with [[Tropheryma whipplei|''Tropheryma whipplei'']]. | ||
==Primary Prevention== | ==Primary Prevention== | ||
*There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease.<ref name="Marth2009">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|title=New Insights into Whipple’s Disease – A Rare Intestinal Inflammatory Disorder|journal=Digestive Diseases|volume=27|issue=4|year=2009|pages=494–501|issn=1421-9875|doi=10.1159/000233288}}</ref><ref name="StreetDonoghue1999">{{cite journal|last1=Street|first1=Sara|last2=Donoghue|first2=Helen D|last3=Neild|first3=GH|title=Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people|journal=The Lancet|volume=354|issue=9185|year=1999|pages=1178–1179|issn=01406736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2}}</ref> | *There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease.<ref name="Marth2009">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|title=New Insights into Whipple’s Disease – A Rare Intestinal Inflammatory Disorder|journal=Digestive Diseases|volume=27|issue=4|year=2009|pages=494–501|issn=1421-9875|doi=10.1159/000233288}}</ref><ref name="StreetDonoghue1999">{{cite journal|last1=Street|first1=Sara|last2=Donoghue|first2=Helen D|last3=Neild|first3=GH|title=Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people|journal=The Lancet|volume=354|issue=9185|year=1999|pages=1178–1179|issn=01406736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper sanitation decreases the risk of infection with Tropheryma whipplei.
Primary Prevention
- There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease.[1][2]
General measures:
- Proper sanitation
- Access to clean water
- Hand washing
- Good personal and food hygiene
References
- ↑ Marth, Thomas (2009). "New Insights into Whipple's Disease – A Rare Intestinal Inflammatory Disorder". Digestive Diseases. 27 (4): 494–501. doi:10.1159/000233288. ISSN 1421-9875.
- ↑ Street, Sara; Donoghue, Helen D; Neild, GH (1999). "Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people". The Lancet. 354 (9185): 1178–1179. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2. ISSN 0140-6736.