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TRENCH FEVER AS WAR INFECTION [PDF]

Acta Medica Leopoliensia
Trench 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 ...
Nataliya Vynograd, Zoriana Vasylyshyn, Lyudmyla Kozak, Ihor Chaklosh, Iryna Baidalka, Uliana Shul, Iryna Chaplyk-Chyzho   +6 more
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Investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a Scottish co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant [PDF]

, 2010
Outbreaks of Q fever are rare in the UK. In 2006, the largest outbreak of Q fever in Scotland occurred at a co-located slaughterhouse and cutting plant with 110 cases.
Pollock, K.G.J., Wilson, L.E., Donaghy, M., Browning, L.M., Stewart, W.C., Young, D., Prempeh, H., Couper, S.   +7 more
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Emerging bacterial infectious diseases/pathogens vectored by human lice

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Human lice have always been a major public health concern due to their vector capacity for louse-borne infectious diseases, like trench fever, louse-borne relapsing fever, and epidemic fever, which are caused by Bartonella quintana, Borrelia recurrentis,
Yuan-Ping Deng, Yi-Tian Fu, Chaoqun Yao, Renfu Shao, Xue-Ling Zhang, De-Yong Duan, Guo-Hua Liu   +6 more
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Detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in an HIV patient using metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Bartonella species are fastidious, aerobic bacteria that are transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. Bartonella spp. are responsible for cat scratch disease, Carrion’s disease, bacillary angiomatosis and trench fever.
Yuru Shi, Jing Yang, Yingjie Qi, Junlan Xu, Yingqi Shi, Tiantian Shi, Chao Liu, Xiaoling Ma   +7 more
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Disseminated Bartonella quintana Causing Osseous Lytic Lesions

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Bartonella, a gram-negative bacterium, causes various clinical syndromes such as cat scratch disease (B henselae), Carrion disease (B bacilliformis), and trench fever (B quintana).
Sarah Freling, Apu Akkad, Nathalie Sami, Maria Vergara-Lluri, Kusha Davar   +4 more
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Borrelia recurrentis in Head Lice, Ethiopia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Since the 1800s, the only known vector of Borrelia recurrentis has been the body louse. In 2011, we found B. recurrentis DNA in 23% of head lice from patients with louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopia.
Amina Boutellis, Oleg Mediannikov, Kassahun Desalegn Bilcha, Jemal Ali, Dayana Campelo, Stephen C. Barker, Didier Raoult   +6 more
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Modeling the impact of the trench depth on the gate-drain capacitance in power MOSFETs [PDF]

, 2011
Trench depth is important in low-voltage trench MOSFETs because it affects the switching losses through the gate-drain capacitance (C(GD)).
Ian Kennedy, Jennings, M. R., Mawby, P. A. (Philip A.), Petkos, George, Nii-Adotei Parker-Allotey, Michael Jennings, Phil Mawby, Kennedy, Ian, Olayiwola Alatise, George Petkos, Alatise, Olayiwola M., Parker-Allotey, Nii-Adotei   +11 more
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Seroconversion for infectious pathogens among UK military personnel deployed to Afghanistan, 2008-2011. [PDF]

, 2014
Military personnel are at high risk of contracting vector-borne and zoonotic infections, particularly during overseas deployments, when they may be exposed to endemic or emerging infections not prevalent in their native countries.
Andrew Bosworth, Hewson, Roger, Edmund N.C. Newman, Tim Brooks, Wright, Deborah, Hannah Bridge, Newman, Edmund NC, Andrew Green, Roger Hewson, Lisa Jameson, Ross, David, Green, Andrew, Osborne, Jane, Jenny Hayward-Karlsson, Mark S. Bailey, Bailey, Mark S, Brooks, Tim, Johnstone, Penelope, Deborah Wright, Penelope Johnstone, Rebecca Hatch, Jameson, Lisa, Bosworth, Andrew, Bridge, Hannah, Hatch, Rebecca, Hayward-Karlsson, Jenny, Jane Osborne, David Ross   +27 more
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Pulex irritans on Dogs and Cats: Morphological and Molecular Approach

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2023
Background: The painful bite of Pulex irritans; causes wound on the host body and is a vector for Bartonella bacteria species, which can cause trench fever, Rickettsia species, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Mediterranean spotted fe­ver.
Amrollah Azarm, Abdolhossin Dalimi, Majied Pirestani, Anita Mohammadiha, Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani, Narges Marvi-Moghaddam, Esmaiel Amiri   +6 more
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Risk Factors for Human Lice and Bartonellosis among the Homeless, San Francisco, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Homeless persons in San Francisco, California, USA, have been shown to have head and body lice infestations and Bartonella quintana infections. We surveyed a self-selected population of homeless persons in San Francisco to assess infestations of head and
Denise L. Bonilla, Charsey Cole-Porse, Anne Kjemtrup, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Michael Y. Kosoy   +4 more
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