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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral. | Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
*The most potent risk factor in the development of Whipple's disease is poor sanitation including living in homeless shelters and absence of toilets. | |||
*The most potent risk factor in the development of | |||
===Common Risk Factors=== | ===Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of | *Common risk factors in the development of Whipple's disease may be environmental, genetic, and immunologic. | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of | *Common risk factors in the development of Whipple's disease include: | ||
** | **Poor sanitation | ||
** | **Living in homeless shelters | ||
** | **Absence of toilets | ||
**Sewage influxed plants | |||
**Close contact with patients or chronic carriers | |||
* | **Genetic predisposition including HLA DRB1*13 and DQB1*06 positive | ||
** | **HIV infection | ||
** | **Immunosuppressed patients | ||
** | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
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The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
Risk Factors
- The most potent risk factor in the development of Whipple's disease is poor sanitation including living in homeless shelters and absence of toilets.
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of Whipple's disease may be environmental, genetic, and immunologic.
- Common risk factors in the development of Whipple's disease include:
- Poor sanitation
- Living in homeless shelters
- Absence of toilets
- Sewage influxed plants
- Close contact with patients or chronic carriers
- Genetic predisposition including HLA DRB1*13 and DQB1*06 positive
- HIV infection
- Immunosuppressed patients