Whipple's disease risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

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].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

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