Problem

Bartonellosis

Other Names:
Carrion's disease
Oroya fever
Verruca peruviana
Nature:

Bartonellosis is an acute or chronic bacterial infection. The disease-producing bacterium is transmitted to humans by the bite of the sandfly.

Incidence:

Bartonellosis risk exists in the mountain valleys of southwest Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Aggravates:
Septicaemia
Subject(s):
Medicine Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST