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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
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TRENCH FEVER AS WAR INFECTION

open access: yesActa 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   +6 more
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
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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
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Bartonella quintana Infection in Canada: A Retrospective Laboratory Study and Systematic Review of the Literature

open access: yesPathogens
Background:Bartonella quintana is a body-louse-borne bacterium. Canadian B. quintana disease has been reported primarily in populations experiencing homelessness and in Indigenous communities with limited access to water.
Carl Boodman   +8 more
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Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Certain Bartonella species are known to cause afebrile bacteremia in humans and other mammals, including B. quintana, the agent of trench fever, and B. henselae, the agent of cat scratch disease.
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer cell‐intrinsic type 1 interferon: production, signaling, and outcomes within sex‐biased, female malignancies

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cell‐autonomous roles of interferon type 1 vary based on duration and intensity. While acute, robust signaling results in cancer cell cytotoxic effects, sustained, low‐level signaling is associated with tumor‐promoting effects. This review summarizes current research of IFN‐1 in cancer and within the clinical setting, with an emphasis on female ...
Ashlyn Conant   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

What do we (not) know about the human bartonelloses?

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The human bartonelloses are a group of diseases with a rapidly increasing clinical spectrum. Well known manifestations such as Carrion's disease, trench fever, cat-scratch disease, and bacillary angiomatosis are examples of Bartonella spp.
Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho   +4 more
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Cutaneous manifestations of bartonellosis [PDF]

open access: yesAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Bartonellosis are diseases caused by any kind of Bartonella species. The infection manifests as asymptomatic bacteremia to potentially fatal disorders.
Karina de Almeida Lins   +2 more
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