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Risk Factors for Human Lice and Bartonellosis among the Homeless, San Francisco, California, USA

open access: yesEmerging 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bartonella endocarditis in patients with right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit: 2 case reports and literature review

open access: yesIDCases, 2021
Bartonella species are Gram-negative bacilli and fastidious bacteria that can cause a number of clinical syndromes, including blood culture-negative infective endocarditis (IE).
Haripriya Santhanam   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bartonella quintana Characteristics and Clinical Management

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Bartonella quintana, a pathogen that is restricted to human hosts and louse vectors, was first characterized as the agent of trench fever. The disease was described in 1915 on the basis of natural and experimental infections in soldiers.
Cédric Foucault   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) as Natural Reservoir of Bartonella quintana

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
Bartonella quintana bacteremia was detected in 6 (13.3%) of 45 wild-caught Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata). Multilocus sequence typing of the isolates revealed that Japanese macaques were infected with a new and specific B.
Shingo Sato   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bartonella quintana in Body Lice and Head Lice from Homeless Persons, San Francisco, California, USA

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Bartonella quintana is a bacterium that causes trench fever in humans. Past reports have shown Bartonella spp. infections in homeless populations in San Francisco, California, USA.
Denise L. Bonilla   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Substantiation of Cumulative Coefficient Characterizing Epidemic Typhus Fever Transmission Activity Depending on Seasons

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2009
Monthly distribution of epidemic typhus fever morbidity during epidemics arisen since the end of XIX up to the middle of XX century has been analyzed.
E. P. Lukin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neglected infections of poverty in the United States of America. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
In the United States, there is a largely hidden burden of diseases caused by a group of chronic and debilitating parasitic, bacterial, and congenital infections known as the neglected infections of poverty.
Peter J Hotez
doaj   +1 more source

Outbreak of waterborne hepatitis E, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2013

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Following the report of clustering of jaundice cases from Kolvan village in Pune district, Maharashtra on 16th June, 2013, we investigated the outbreak with objectives to confirm the diagnosis, to describe it and to make recommendations for
Sampada Dhayarkar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-locus sequence typing of a geographically and temporally diverse sample of the highly clonal human pathogen Bartonella quintana. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2010
Bartonella quintana is a re-emerging pathogen and the causative agent of a variety of disease manifestations in humans including trench fever. Various typing methods have been developed for B. quintana, but these tend to be limited by poor resolution and,
Mardjan Arvand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data from: Genetic diversity of Bartonella quintana in macaques suggests zoonotic origin of trench fever

open access: yes, 2013
Bartonella quintana is a bacterium that causes a broad spectrum of diseases in humans including trench fever. Humans were previously considered to be the primary, if not the only, reservoir hosts for B. quintana.
Liu, Wei   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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