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Molecular Characterization of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Bartonella bacilliformis [PDF]

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
The presence of amino acid changes in GyrA, GyrB, ParC, ParE, and in a proposed chromosomal chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT), as well as mutations at 23S rRNA, were established by PCR and sequencing in 38 B.
Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica   +2 more
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Carrion's Disease: More Than a Sand Fly-Vectored Illness. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2016
Maria J Pons   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prioritisation of potential drug targets against Bartonella bacilliformis by an integrative in-silico approach [PDF]

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020
BACKGROUND Carrion’s disease (CD) is a neglected biphasic illness caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, a Gram-negative bacteria found in the Andean valleys.
Mariella Farfán-López   +6 more
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Succinyl-CoA Synthetase: New Antigen Candidate of Bartonella bacilliformis. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of Carrion's disease, a neglected illness with mortality rates of 40-85% in the absence of treatment. The lack of a diagnostic technique to overcome misdiagnosis and treat asymptomatic carriers is of note ...
Cláudia Gomes   +9 more
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Oroya fever and verruga peruana: bartonelloses unique to South America. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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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The Passenger Domain of Bartonella bacilliformis BafA Promotes Endothelial Cell Angiogenesis via the VEGF Receptor Signaling Pathway

open access: yesmSphere, 2022
Bartonella bacilliformis is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that provokes pathological angiogenesis and causes Carrion’s disease, a neglected tropical disease restricted to South America. Little is known about how B.
Kentaro Tsukamoto   +4 more
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ZOONOTIC BARTONELLOSIS: IS IT THRERATING TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2023
Bartonellosis is a group of emerging and re-emerging bacteria of Bartonella genus with worldwidedistribution. Bartonella species cause diseases such as Carrión's disease, trench fever, catscratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, chronic
TOSSON MORSY   +3 more
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An unidentified cluster of infection in the Peruvian Amazon region

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of PCR Approaches for Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Blood Samples. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 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. Conventional PCR approaches have been reported as a diagnostic technique.
Cláudia Gomes   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bartonella bacilliformis: a systematic review of the literature to guide the research agenda for elimination.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

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