Bartonella bacilliformis: a systematic review of the literature to guide the research agenda for elimination. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BackgroundCarrion's disease affects small Andean communities in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador and is characterized by two distinct disease manifestations: an abrupt acute bacteraemic illness (Oroya fever) and an indolent cutaneous eruptive condition ...
Nuria Sanchez Clemente +8 more
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Bartonelosis (Carrion's Disease) in the pediatric population of Peru: an overview and update
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesBartonellosis, or Carrion's Disease, is an endemic and reemerging disease in Peru and Ecuador. Carrion's Disease constitutes a health problem in Peru because its epidemiology has been changing, and it is affecting new areas between the highland and the ...
Erick Huarcaya +4 more
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Detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in an HIV patient using metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing [PDF]
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022 Bartonella species are fastidious, aerobic bacteria that are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. Bartonella spp. are responsible for cat scratch disease, Carrion’s disease, bacillary angiomatosis and trench fever.
Yuru Shi +7 more
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Oroya fever and verruga peruana: bartonelloses unique to South America. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 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 ...
Michael F Minnick +5 more
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Porin A and α/β-hydrolase are necessary and sufficient for hemolysis induced by Bartonella bacilliformis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCarrion’s disease is endemic to the South American Andes and is characterized by fatal hemolytic anemia. This neglected tropical disease is caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, a fastidious and slow-growing pathogen difficult in genetic manipulation.
Alexander A. Dichter +11 more
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Application of dimensionality reduction and clustering techniques for the analysis of Carrion's disease cases in the period 2000–2024 [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceThe heterogeneous geographic distribution and the complex dynamics of Carrion's disease challenge conventional epidemiological surveillance in Peru. To address this, this study applied unsupervised machine learning to 43,534 national records (2000–2024).
Moisés Evangelista Gamarra +3 more
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Frequencies of Blood Group Systems MNS, Diego, and Duffy and Clinical Phases of Carrion’s Disease in Amazonas, Peru [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2014 Carrion’s disease (CD), is a human bartonellosis, that is, endemic in the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Bartonella bacilliformis, a native hemotrophic bacteria, is the causative agent of CD, and the interaction with the host could have produced ...
Oscar Acosta +5 more
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Colonization of Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Bartonella bacilliformis, the Etiologic Agent of Carrión's Disease. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Bartonella bacilliformis is a pathogenic bacterium transmitted to humans presumably by bites of phlebotomine sand flies, infection with which results in a bi-phasic syndrome termed Carrión's disease. After constructing a low-passage GFP-labeled strain of
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Texas Preventable Disease News [PDF]
, 1989 Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in ...
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Carrion's disease after blood transfusion. [PDF]
Blood Transfus, 2016 Bartonella bacilliformis is a pathogen that is endemic in some areas of the Andean region of Peru, southern Ecuador and southern Colombia. This pathogen causes so-called Carrion's disease, a biphasic disease with acute and chronic phases (called Oroya ...
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