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Oroya Fever and Verruga Peruana: Bartonelloses Unique to South America
Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, and the first reported outbreak (1871) resulted in over 4,000 casualties. Since then, numerous outbreaks have been documented in endemic regions, and over the last two ...
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Bartonella muris appeared in the blood of all white rats, wild rats, Chinese hamster, and mice, from which the spleen was removed, but did not appear in that of splenectomized monkeys, rabbits, or guinea pigs. It has not been possible to transmit B. muris to normal rats, monkeys, rabbits, or guinea pigs, by intraperitoneal, intradermal, or intravenous injection of blood containing B. muris from...
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O fever –Bartonellosis or Carrion’s disease is endemic to the Andes Mountains of South America, especially in Peru 500 to 3000 meters above sea level. The organism is transmitted by the bite of sand fly. In acute phase it presents as a febrile illness with myalgias and delirium. In untreated cases death rate is up to 40%. Patients that survive the acute phase, develop a crop of nodular skin les...
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Between February and October 1987, a febrile illness killed 14 persons and seriously affected at least 14 others in Shumpillan, a remote Peruvian mountain village of 353 people. The illness was characterized by fever, headache, chills, and pallor. The fatality rate of untreated cases was 88%. The patients, 71% of whom were male, were 1-75 years of age. Fatal illnesses progressed from lethargy t...
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Here we present the complete genome sequence of Bartonella ancashensis strain 20.00, isolated from the blood of a Peruvian patient with verruga peruana, known as Carrion's disease. Bartonella ancashensis is a Gram-negative bacillus, phylogenetically most similar to Bartonella bacilliformis, the causative agent of Oroya fever and verruga peruana.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1913
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1913.04350200039013