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Carrion’s disease: more than a neglected disease [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Infections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion’s disease in humans. In the first phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever (“Oroya fever”) with case-fatality rates as high as ~90% in untreated patients, followed by a chronical
Meritxell Garcia-Quintanilla, Alexander A. Dichter, Humberto Guerra, Volkhard A. J. Kempf   +3 more
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Diagnosis of Carrion's disease by direct blood PCR in thin blood smear negative samples. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Bartonella bacilliformis is the etiologic agent of Carrion's disease. This disease has two well established phases, the most relevant being the so called Oroya Fever, in which B.
Juana del Valle Mendoza, Wilmer Silva Caso, Carmen Tinco Valdez, Maria J Pons, Luis J del Valle, Verónica Casabona Oré, Denisse Champin Michelena, Jorge Bazán Mayra, Víctor Zavaleta Gavidea, Martha Vargas, Joaquim Ruiz   +10 more
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Baculovirus-Assisted Production of Bartonella bacilliformis Proteins: A Potential Strategy for Improving Serological Diagnosis of Carrion’s Disease [PDF]

Pathogens
Carrion’s disease, caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, is a neglected tropical disease prevalent in the Andean region of South America. Without antimicrobial treatment, this disease has a mortality rate of up to 88% in infected patients.
Lizbeth Sally Vilca-Machaca, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Victor Jimenez-Vasquez, Pablo Ramirez, Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica   +5 more
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Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensor for Detecting Pap31, a Biomarker for Carrion’s Disease [PDF]

Sensors
Carrion’s disease, caused by infection with the bacterium Bartonella bacilliformis (B. bacilliformis), is effectively treated with antibiotics, but reaches fatality rates of ~90% if untreated.
Keaton Silver, Andrew Smith, Haley V. Colling, Nico Tenorio, Teisha J. Rowland, Andrew J. Bonham   +5 more
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Immunogenic Peptides from Pap31 and SCS-α of Bartonella bacilliformis: One Step Closer to a Rapid Diagnostic Tool for Carrion’s Disease [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Bartonella bacilliformis is the causal agent of Carrion’s disease, an overlooked illness endemic in the Andean Mountains with Peru being the most affected country.
Cláudia Gomes, Maria J. Pons, Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Mayumi Matsuoka, Joaquim Ruiz   +4 more
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New insights into the genomic information of an overlooked human pathogen: Bartonella rochalimae causative agent of Carrion's disease. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Bartonella genus includes over twenty species, most transmitted by arthropods and possibly eleven related to human diseases, though some currently lack specific vectors or hosts. Bartonella rochalimae, a Gram-negative pleomorphic bacterium, was first
Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Victor Jimenez-Vasquez   +3 more
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Dubious presence of Bartonella bacilliformis in ticks from Madre de Dios, Peru [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Bartonella bacilliformis has recently been described in Amblyomma scalpturatum, Amblyomma ovale and Rhipicephalus microplus collected from wild animals in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios. In this communication, I will discuss the results of a recent
Joaquim Ruiz
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Porin A and α/β-hydrolase are necessary and sufficient for hemolysis induced by Bartonella bacilliformis [PDF]

Nature Communications
Carrion’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, Florian Winklmeier, Diana Munteh, Wibke Ballhorn, Sabrina A. Becker, Beate Averhoff, Halvard Bonig, Adrian Goldman, Meritxell García-Quintanilla, Luis Solis Cayo, Pablo Tsukayama, Volkhard A. J. Kempf   +11 more
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ialB, gltA and rpoB genes of Bartonella bacilliformis isolated from patients in endemic Peruvian regions. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Bartonella bacilliformis is a Gram-negative, aerobic bacterium and the known causal agent of Carrion's disease, still considered a neglected disease. There is limited information about the nucleotide sequences of this bacterium in international databases,
Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Víctor Jimenez-Vasquez, Joaquim Ruiz, Oscar Acosta-Conchucos, Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica   +5 more
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Bartonella spp. in Phlebotominae Sand Flies, Brazil [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Bartonella spp. are opportunistic, vectorborne bacteria that can cause disease in both animals and humans. We investigated the molecular occurrence of Bartonella spp.
Daniel Antônio Braga Lee, Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro, Andréia Fernandes Brilhante, Paulo Vitor Cadina Arantes, Gustavo Seron Sanches, Eliz Oliveira Franco, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Ricardo G. Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Marcos Rogério André   +9 more
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