Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Bartonella quintana, the etiologic agent of trench fever and other human diseases, is transmitted by the feces of body lice. Recently, this bacterium has been detected in other arthropod families such as bed bugs, which begs the question of ...
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Pathological investigation and microbiological confirmation of Bartonella quintana endocarditis: A case of trench fever without the trench or fever [PDF]
IDCasesBartonella quintana is a louse-borne Gram-negative bacterium first discovered as the cause of trench fever during World War I. As B. quintana is not identified using routine culture with 5-day incubation, the pathogen is an agent of blood culture ...
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Correction: Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Hamza Leulmi +7 more
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Napoleon Bonaparte—A Possible Case of Trench Fever [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesIn 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte reported having a recurrent febrile illness that initially subsided for 4 days and then had multiple relapses of similar duration.
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Acta Medica LeopoliensiaTrench fever is a bartonellosis disease with a transmissible mechanism transmitted via a specific vector - the human body louse (Pediculus humanus), manifested by a sudden onset, relapsing fever, severe pain in the calf muscles, and abundant ...
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The Lancet, 1917 During the past few months it has been my good fortune to observe several hundred cases of this extremely prevalent, carefully studied, but yet undetermined infection, known as trench fever. The name is really a misnomer. At first it was considered a result of trench life, and traumatic periostitis of the tibiae was thought to be the underlying ...
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Body Lice among People Experiencing Homelessness and Access to Hygiene Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic-Preventing Trench Fever in Denver, Colorado, 2020. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022 Marshall KE +6 more
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Bartonella quintana Infection in Canada: A Retrospective Laboratory Study and Systematic Review of the Literature [PDF]
PathogensBackground:Bartonella quintana is a body-louse-borne bacterium. Canadian B. quintana disease has been reported primarily in populations experiencing homelessness and in Indigenous communities with limited access to water.
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Endocarditis due to Bartonella quintana, the etiological agent of trench fever. [PDF]
CMAJ, 2020 Boodman C, Wuerz T, Lagacé-Wiens P.
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The Lancet, 1918 Experimental Work We now turn to our experimental work, undertaken, first, to determine the mode of transmission of trench fever. MODE OF TRANSMISSION That the disease was transmissible from man to man was shown by McNee and his fellow workers when they passed on the infection by means of the syringe, injecting the blood from a trench fever patient ...
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