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Mutation-Driven Divergence and Convergence Indicate Adaptive Evolution of the Intracellular Human-Restricted Pathogen, Bartonella bacilliformis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Among all species of Bartonella, human-restricted Bartonella bacilliformis is the most virulent but harbors one of the most reduced genomes. Carrión's disease, the infection caused by B.
Sandip Paul, Michael F Minnick, Sujay Chattopadhyay   +2 more
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Identification of immunodominant Bartonella bacilliformis proteins: a combined in-silico and serology approach

The Lancet Microbe, 2021
Summary: Background: Bartonella bacilliformis is the aetiological agent of Carrión's disease, a biphasic and highly lethal illness formerly restricted to the South American Andes that is now spreading to adjacent areas.
Alexander A Dichter, MSc, Tilman G Schultze, PhD, Anne Wenigmann, BSc, Wibke Ballhorn, Andreas Latz, PhD, Elif Schlüfter, BSc, Palmira Ventosilla, MSc, Humberto Guerra Allison, PhD, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, PhD, Pablo Tsukayama, ProfPhD, Volkhard A J Kempf, ProfMD   +10 more
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Immunological response in cases of complicated and uncomplicated bartonellosis during pregnancy Respuesta inmunologica en casos de bartonelosis con y sin complicaciones durante el embarazo

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
Bartonellosis (Carrion's Disease) during pregnancy is associated with high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality. We report the immunological patterns in two cases of human bartonellosis during pregnancy. One patient had an uncomplicated course while
Erick Huarcaya, Ciro Maguina, Ivan Best, Nelson Solorzano, Lawrence Leeman   +4 more
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Observing Huntington's disease: the European Huntington's Disease Network's REGISTRY. [PDF]

, 2010
The unparalleled collection of clinical data and biomaterials within the EHDN's REGISTRY can expedite the search for disease modifiers (genetic and environmental) of age at onset and disease progression that could be harnessed for the development of ...
Handley, Olivia J, Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard, Aileen K Ho, Bisson, Jonathan Ian, Schwenke C, David Craufurd, Dunnett, Stephen B., Handley, Olivia, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, The, DI MARIA, EMILIO, Craufurd D, Dunnett, SB, Carsten Schwenke, the investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Craufurd, David, Edward Wild, Landwehrmeyer, GB, Busse, Monica, Rosser, Anne Elizabeth, Olivia J Handley, Romano Silvia., Tabrizi SJ, Ho, Aileen K., Wild, E, Landwehrmeyer GB, Craufurd, D, Tabrizi, SJ, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Handley, OJ, Rickards, Hugh, Dunnett, Stephen, Ho, Aileen K, Orth, Michael, Ho, AK, Wild, Edward, Stephen B. Dunnett, Sarah J Tabrizi, Wild, EJ, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Naji, Jenny, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Wild E, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Handley, Olivia J., Orth, M, Ellison-Rose, Lynda, Tabrizi, Sarah J, Price, Kathleen, Ho AK, ABBRUZZESE, GIOVANNI, Schwenke, C, Ho, A, Orth M, Handley OJ, Schwenke, Carsten, Dunnett SB, Dunnett, Stephen B, Michael Orth, G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer   +59 more
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Update on tegumentary leishmaniasis and Carrion’s disease vectors in Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2017
Among approximately 190 species of Lutzomyia in Peru, only a small number have been identified as vectors of tegumentary leishmaniasis in Western and inter-Andean valleys. These include L. peruensis, L. verrucarum, L. tejadai, L.
Victor Zorrilla, Gissella Vásquez, Liz Espada, Pablo Ramírez   +3 more
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Henrique da Rocha Lima [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Brazilian physician and researcher Henrique da Rocha Lima was born in 1879 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he studied medicine and obtained the degree of M.D. in 1901. He specialized in Clinical Medicine in Germany and was the ambassador in European
Fred Bernardes Filho, João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira   +1 more
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Distribucion geografica de Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend, 1913) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), vector de la batonellosis humana en el Peru Geographical distribution of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend, 1913) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) vector of human bartonellosis in Peru

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993
Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend, 1913) (Diptera: Psychodidae), vector natural de la verruga peruana o enfermedad de Carrión es una especie propia del Perú. Su distribución geográfica esta entre los paralelos 5º y 13º25' de latitud Sur, se encuentra en los
Abraham G. Caceres
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Cytokines and T-Lymphocute count in patients in the acute and chronic phases of Bartonella bacilliformis infection in an endemic area in peru: a pilot study

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2011
Human Bartonellosis has an acute phase characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia, and a chronic phase with bacillary angiomatosis-like lesions. This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated the immunology patterns using pre- and post-treatment samples in ...
Erick Huarcaya, Ivan Best, Juan Rodriguez-Tafur, Ciro Maguiña, Nelson Solórzano, Julio Menacho, Douglas Lopez De Guimaraes, Jose Chauca, Palmira Ventosilla   +8 more
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Main facts on Carrion's disease.

, 2016
Main facts on Carrion's disease.
Cláudia Gomes (127952), Juana del Valle-Mendoza (2172505), Maria J. Pons (540478), Joaquim Ruiz (540485)   +3 more
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Novel small RNAs expressed by Bartonella bacilliformis under multiple conditions reveal potential mechanisms for persistence in the sand fly vector and human host.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Bartonella bacilliformis, the etiological agent of Carrión's disease, is a Gram-negative, facultative intracellular alphaproteobacterium. Carrión's disease is an emerging but neglected tropical illness endemic to Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Shaun Wachter, Linda D Hicks, Rahul Raghavan, Michael F Minnick   +3 more
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