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2016-12-01Keywords
Bartonella bacilliformisCarrion’s disease
Oroya fever
Eradication
Neglected tropical diseases
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
South America
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Carrion’s disease: an eradicable illness? 2016, 5 (1) Infectious Diseases of PovertyPublisher
BioMed Central Ltd.Journal
Infectious Diseases of PovertyDOI
10.1186/s40249-016-0197-7Abstract
Carrion’s disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, a vector-borne pathogen restricted to the Andean valleys of Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Carrion’s disease is a biphasic illness; in the acute phase the case-fatality rate can be as high as 88 %, related to high parasitemia, arriving to almost all erythrocytes, and secondary bacterial infections close related with the development of transient immunosuppression in the earlier illness phases. In addition, there are an undefined number of asymptomatic carriers that are reservoirs of the etiological agent of Carrion’s disease in endemic areas, they make take into account due to they are the perpetuators of this disease. The actual scenario of Carrion’s disease, in which the illness is arriving to new areas, due to the expansion of the vector’s distribution, suggests that now may be a crucial time to design a strategy focusing on its elimination.Type
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2049-9957ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s40249-016-0197-7
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