Bartonella spp. as emerging human pathogens

BE Anderson, MA Neuman - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1997‏ - journals.asm.org
Members of the genus Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) were virtually unknown to modern-
day clinicians and microbiologists until they were associated with opportunistic infections in …

Ecological fitness and strategies of adaptation of Bartonella species to their hosts and vectors

BB Chomel, HJ Boulouis, EB Breitschwerdt… - Veterinary …, 2009‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bartonella spp. are facultative intracellular bacteria that cause characteristic host-restricted
hemotropic infections in mammals and are typically transmitted by blood-sucking …

[PDF][PDF] The epidemiology and control of leishmaniasis in Andean countries

CR Davies, R Reithinger… - Cadernos de saude …, 2000‏ - SciELO Public Health
This paper reviews the current knowledge of leishmaniasis epidemiology in Venezuela,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. In all 5 countries leishmaniasis is endemic in both the …

Oroya fever and verruga peruana: bartonelloses unique to South America

MF Minnick, BE Anderson, A Lima… - PLoS neglected …, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be
transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to …

Isolation of Bartonella schoenbuchensis from Lipoptena cervi, a Blood-Sucking Arthropod Causing Deer Ked Dermatitis

C Dehio, U Sauder, R Hiestand - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2004‏ - journals.asm.org
Bartonella schoenbuchensis, which commonly causes bacteremia in ruminants, was
isolated from the deer ked Lipoptena cervi and was shown to localize to the midgut of this …

Bartonella species and their ectoparasites: selective host adaptation or strain selection between the vector and the mammalian host?

YL Tsai, CC Chang, ST Chuang, BB Chomel - … , microbiology and infectious …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
A wide range of blood-sucking arthropods have either been confirmed or are suspected as
important vectors in Bartonella transmission to mammals, including humans. Overall, it …

Carrion's disease: more than a neglected disease

M Garcia-Quintanilla, AA Dichter, H Guerra… - Parasites & vectors, 2019‏ - Springer
Infections with Bartonella bacilliformis result in Carrion's disease in humans. In the first
phase of infection, the pathogen causes a hemolytic fever (“Oroya fever”) with case-fatality …

Humidity and temperature preference in two Neotropical species of sand flies

R Vivero-Gomez, D Duque-Granda, JA Rader… - Parasites & …, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Arthropods vector a multitude of human disease-causing organisms, and their
geographic ranges are shifting rapidly in response to changing climatic conditions. This is, in …

Carrion's disease: the sound of silence

C Gomes, J Ruiz - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018‏ - journals.asm.org
Carrion's disease (CD) is a neglected biphasic vector-borne illness related to Bartonella
bacilliformis. It is found in the Andean valleys and is transmitted mainly by members of the …

Lipoptena fortisetosa as a vector of Bartonella bacteria in Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon)

S Sato, H Kabeya, S Ishiguro, Y Shibasaki… - Parasites & …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Two species of deer ked (Lipoptena cervi and L. mazamae) have been
identified as vectors of Bartonella bacteria in cervids in Europe and the USA. In an earlier …