An Outbreak of Bartonella bacilliformis in an Endemic Andean Community.

BACKGROUND:Bartonellosis affects small Andean communities in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. Research in this area has been limited. METHODS:Retrospective review of 191 cases of bartonellosis managed in Caraz District Hospital, Peru, during the last outbreak (2003). RESULTS:The majority of cases (65%) w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nuria Sanchez Clemente, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, Nelson Solorzano, Ciro Maguiña, David Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4798250?pdf=render