Carrion's disease is an infectious disease produced by Bartonella bacilliformis infection. It is named after Daniel Alcides Carrión. The clinical symptoms...
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Daniel Alcides Carrión García (August 12, 1857 – October 5, 1885) was a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named. Carrión described the...
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Bartonellosis (category Bacterial diseases)
disease produced by bacteria of the genus Bartonella. Bartonella species cause diseases such as Carrión's disease, trench fever, cat-scratch disease,...
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Lutzomyia (section Carrion's disease)
World. Lutzomyia sand flies also serve as vectors for the bacterial Carrion's disease and a number of arboviruses. The genus, named after Adolfo Lutz, is...
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bacilliformis, the causal agent of Carrion's disease, is transmitted by different members of the genus Lutzomyia. This disease is restricted to Andean areas...
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Bartonella bacilliformis (section Disease)
cells producing severe intravascular hemolytic anemia (acute phase of Carrion's disease). This phase is a potentially life-threatening infection, and it is...
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Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella bacteria, quite often Legionella pneumophila. Signs and symptoms...
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Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. Usually this begins one to seven...
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Typhus (redirect from Typhus (disease))
Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include...
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Proteus mirabilis (section Disease)
Cat-scratch disease Bartonella quintana Trench fever Either B. henselae or B. quintana Bacillary angiomatosis Bartonella bacilliformis Carrion's disease, Verruga...
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