Carrion’s Disease: More Than a Sand Fly–Vectored Illness

• Published in: PLoS pathogens Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e1005863
• Main Authors: Pons, Maria J., Gomes, Cláudia, del Valle-Mendoza, Juana, Ruiz, Joaquim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.10.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Antibiotics; Bacterial diseases; Bartonella bacilliformis - pathogenicity; Bartonella Infections - epidemiology; Bartonella Infections - transmission; Bartonellosis; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood transfusion; Blood transfusions; Disease transmission; Fever; Genetic aspects; Health sciences; Hospitals; Humans; Illnesses; Infections; Insect Vectors - microbiology; Malalties bacterianes; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mortality; Pearls; People and Places; Peru; Peru - epidemiology; Perú; Proteobacteria; Psychodidae - microbiology; Risk factors; Peru
• ISSN: 1553-7374; 1553-7366; 1553-7374
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005863

[...]other Bartonella spp. have correlated to Carrion's-disease-like presentations. [...]Bartonella rochalimae, which is disseminated worldwide [5], was associated with a mild Oroya-fever-like episode in a tourist after a trip to Peru, whereas Bartonella ancashensis has been isolated from Peruvian warts of children living in an endemic Peruvian area [1]. The illness evolution may vary leading to Oroya fever, Peruvian wart, or asymptomatic infection with different easiness. [...]although no data are available, the natural bacteria clearance may not be ruled out.