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Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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 ...
Didier Raoult   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Pathological investigation and microbiological confirmation of Bartonella quintana endocarditis: A case of trench fever without the trench or fever [PDF]

open access: yesIDCases
Bartonella 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 ...
Nardeen Grace   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Napoleon Bonaparte—A Possible Case of Trench Fever [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases
In 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte reported having a recurrent febrile illness that initially subsided for 4 days and then had multiple relapses of similar duration.
Éric Faure
doaj   +2 more sources

A TREATMENT FOR TRENCH FEVER. [PDF]

open access: yesLancet, The, 1919
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Sweet, J. E., Wilmer, H. B.
exaly   +2 more sources

MALARIA AND TRENCH FEVER. [PDF]

open access: yesLancet, The, 1919
n ...
Gordon Ward
exaly   +3 more sources

Climate change impacts on the global potential distribution of the human flea, Pulex irritans, and the global health risks [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
The human flea, Pulex irritans, is a hematophagous ectoparasite and medically significant vector of zoonotic pathogens, such as Yersinia pestis (plague), Bartonella quintana (trench fever), and Rickettsia felis (flea-borne spotted fever).
Hadeer Magdy   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

From trench fever to endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yesPostgraduate Medical Journal, 2003
Abstract The case of a 44 year old woman with infective endocarditis due to Bartonella quintana, an organism long recognised to cause a condition known as trench fever, is reported. This case illustrates the lengthy differential diagnosis of “culture negative” endocarditis.
P, Mann   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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