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

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 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 ...
Leulmi H, Bitam I, Berenger JM, Lepidi H, Rolain JM, Almeras L, Raoult D, Parola P.   +7 more
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Napoleon Bonaparte-A Possible Case of Trench Fever. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
In 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte reported having a recurrent febrile illness that initially subsided for 4 days and then had multiple relapses of similar duration.
Faure É.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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

IDCases
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 ...
Grace N, LeBlanc JJ, Boodman C, Lindsay R, Dibernardo A, Loomer C, Coatsworth H, Bernard KA, McCracken GR, McNeil S, Castonguay M, Patriquin G.   +11 more
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Atatürk's kidney disease: pyelonephritis or trench nephritis? A medical and historical analysis. [PDF]

BMC Nephrol
Background The aim of this study is to examine Atatürk’s recurrent renal disease throughout his life in light of historical and medical evidence and to evaluate, from a medical history perspective, whether this condition is more consistent with ...
Bolat M, Köken AH, Ecder T.
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Climate change impacts on the global potential distribution of the human flea, Pulex irritans, and the global health risks. [PDF]

Sci Rep
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).
Magdy H, Shehata MG, Shaalan MG, Hosni EM, Al-Ashaal SA.   +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 Res Notes
Objective 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.
Nasiri Z, Moshavernia S, Sayyadi Z, Alipour H.   +3 more
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Correction: Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2015
Leulmi H, Bitam I, Berenger JM, Lepidi H, Rolain JM, Almeras L, Raoult D, Parola P.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Combination antibiotic therapy is required to eliminate <i>Bartonella henselae</i> in multiple microenvironments. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Bartonella are gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria. Infection by Bartonella manifests as different clinical syndromes collectively known as bartonellosis.
Olsen EL, Embers ME.
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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, SARYA HAWAM, HAITHAM HADIDY, SHERIF AHMED   +3 more
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HUMAN LICE INFESTATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: A MINI-REVIEW [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2023
Three lice types infest man by contact or using infested tools: 1- Head louse (Pediculus hu-manus capitis), 2- Body louse (P. humanus humanus), & 3- Pubic louse or crab (Phthirus pubis),often spread by sexual contact, all races human worldwide are ...
TOSSON MORSY, AREEJ AL-GHABBAN
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