Proteins of Bartonella bacilliformis: Candidates for Vaccine Development. [PDF]
Int J Pept, 2015 Bartonella bacilliformis is the etiologic agent of Carrion's disease or Oroya fever. B. bacilliformis infection represents an interesting model of human host specificity.
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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Two Bartonella bacilliformis Strains. [PDF]
Genome Announc, 2016 Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of Carrion's disease, a highly endemic human bartonellosis in Peru. We performed a whole-genome assembly of two B.
Guillen Y +6 more
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Possible vertical transmission of Bartonella bacilliformis in Peru. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2015 A 22-day-old male was admitted with a 2-day history of irritability, dyspnea, jaundice, fever, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
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BALB/c Mice resist infection with
BMC Research Notes, 2008 Background Bartonellosis due to Bartonella bacilliformis is a highly lethal endemic and sometimes epidemic infectious disease in South America, and a serious public health concern in Perú.
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Dried blood spots for qPCR diagnosis of acute Bartonella bacilliformis infection. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2013 Bartonella bacilliformis is the etiological agent of a life-threatening illness. Thin blood smear is the most common diagnostic method for acute infection in endemic areas of Peru but remains of limited value because of low sensitivity.
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Molecular identification of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two species of wild mammals in Madre de Dios: Peru [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective To study the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks collected from two wild mammals in Madre de Dios, Peru. Results A total of 110 ticks were collected. Among the 43 Amblyomma spp.
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Evaluation of PCR Approaches for Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Blood Samples. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2016 BACKGROUND: The lack of an effective diagnostic tool for Carrion's disease leads to misdiagnosis, wrong treatments and perpetuation of asymptomatic carriers living in endemic areas.
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An unidentified cluster of infection in the Peruvian Amazon region [PDF]
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015 Introduction: Bartonella bacilliformis is the etiological agent of Carrion’s disease, which is a neglected disease linked to people in low-socioeconomic populations in Andean valleys. An outbreak of B.
Angela Cornejo +7 more
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Co-infection with Bartonella bacilliformis and Mycobacterium spp. in a coastal region of Peru [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2017 Objective This study investigated an outbreak of Bartonellosis in a coastal region in Peru. Results A total of 70 (n = 70) samples with clinical criteria for the acute phase of Bartonellosis and a positive peripheral blood smear were included. 22.85% (n =
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Immunosuppressive and angiogenic cytokine profile associated with Bartonella bacilliformis infection in post-outbreak and endemic areas of Carrion's disease in Peru. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2017 Analysis of immune responses in Bartonella bacilliformis carriers are needed to understand acquisition of immunity to Carrion's disease and may allow identifying biomarkers associated with bacterial ...
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