Whipple's disease expert in the disease, applied novel diagnostic methods to stored tissue samples from Whipple's original patient, and demonstrated "T. whipplei" in these tissues. Whipple's disease Whipple's disease is a rare, systemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium "Tropheryma whipplei". First described by George Hoyt Whipple in 1907 and commonly considered a gastrointestinal disorder, Whipple's disease primarily causes malabsorption but may affect any part of the body including the heart, brain, joints, skin, lungs and the eyes. Weight loss, diarrhea, joint pain, and arthritis are common presenting symptoms, but the presentation can be highly variable and approximately 15% of patients do
Citrus stubborn disease orchard. In addition, it is important to closely monitor the weeds in young orchards to ensure that they are not susceptible to "Spiroplasma citri", and if susceptible ones appear, to remove them as soon as possible"." Citrus stubborn disease The Citrus stubborn disease is a plant disease affecting species in the genus "Citrus". "Spiroplasma citri", a Mollicute bacterium species, is the causative agent of the disease. It is present in the phloem of the affected plant and transmitted by several leafhoppers including "Circulifer tenellus" (beet leafhopper) and "Scaphytopius nitridus" in citrus-growing regions of California and Arizona and "Circulifer haematoceps" in