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A new disease profile is added to our database – Whipple disease. Whipple disease constitutes a rare, relapsing, slowly progressive, infectious, systemic illness that typically infects the small intestine and causes malabsorption primarily but may affect anypart of the body including the heart, lungs, brain, joints, and eye. To receive more detailed information about the disease, please click here and send us a request. The profile was written by our consultant in microbiology and immunology – Assoc. Prof Marianna Murdjeva, MD, PhD.