Human bartonellosis: before and after Daniel Alcides Carrion
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2014 This is a review of bibliographic aspects associated to the knowledge about human bartonelosis before and after the death of Daniel Alcides Carrion. Emphasis is placed on stimulus in the development of medical research in Peru by the self-inoculation and
Juan Takano Morón
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Experiences in the prevention and control of Carrión´s disease in Peru
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2014 Carrion’s disease, the iconic disease in Peruvian medicine has been found in the mountains of Ecuador, Colombia and the Andean valleys of Peru. In the 1990s, the phenomenon of El Niño was associated with significantly increased risk of disease in Ancash,
Ciro Maguiña Vargas, Paul Pachas
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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 =
Wilmer Silva-Caso +9 more
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Molecular Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Lutzomyia maranonensis in Cajamarca, Peru: A New Potential Vector of Carrion's Disease in Peru? [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018 Carrion’s disease is a neglected, vector-borne illness that affects Colombia, Ecuador, and especially Peru. The phlebotomine sand flies Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia peruensis are the main illness vectors described, although other species may be ...
Ulloa GM +6 more
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Bartonelosis (Fiebre de la Oroya o Verruga Peruana): ¿Enfermedad ocupacional? [PDF]
Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo, 2007 La Bartonella bacilliformis es un parásito bacteriano intracelular facultativo de los eritrocitos humanos y de las células endoteliales. La enfermedad de Carrión, fiebre de La Oroya y Verruga Peruana son todos términos que describen las consecuencias ...
R. Cesar Gonzáles +3 more
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Succinyl-CoA Synthetase: New Antigen Candidate of Bartonella bacilliformis. [PDF]
PLoS 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]
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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ZOONOTIC BARTONELLOSIS: IS IT THRERATING TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES? [PDF]
Journal 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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Evaluation of PCR Approaches for Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Blood Samples. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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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 +2 more
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