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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.
Éric Faure
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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 ...
Hamza Leulmi +7 more
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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 ...
Nardeen Grace +11 more
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A TREATMENT FOR TRENCH FEVER. [PDF]
Lancet, The, 1919 n ...
Sweet, J. E., Wilmer, H. B.
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Climate change impacts on the global potential distribution of the human flea, Pulex irritans, and the global health risks [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe 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
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Molecular screening for Rickettsia, Anaplasma, and Coxiella in head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) collected from primary school girls in Fars Province, Iran (2024) [PDF]
BMC Research NotesObjective Lice are obligate ectoparasites divided into two main families: Pediculidae and Phthiridae. Body lice are known vectors of bacterial pathogens like Rickettsia, which cause diseases such as epidemic typhus and trench fever.
Zahra Nasiri +3 more
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