Bartonella species are now considered emerging pathogens. Of the 11 currently recognized
species, four have been implicated in human disease, although only two have been …

The natural cycle of Bartonella bacilliformis remains uncertain, and the suspected existence
of animal reservoirs for the bacterium has never been convincingly demonstrated. We …

Background In Peru, the information regarding sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis and
bartonellosis in the Amazon region is limited. In this study, we carried out sand fly collections …

Bartonella spp. are fastidious, gram‐negative, aerobic, facultative intracellular bacteria that
infect humans, and domestic and wild animals. In Norway, Bartonella spp. have been …

Background Leishmaniasis is an emerging vector-borne disease that occurs in Thailand.
Although Leishmania (Mundinia) parasites, the causative agents of the disease have been …

Risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis were identified from a comparative study of
transmission rates in 27 villages in the Departments of Lima, Ancash, and Piura in Peru. To …

RESUMEN A las 120 especies de flebotomíneos reportadas hasta 1999 para el Perú, se
adiciona: Brumptomyia quimperi, Evandromyia sallesi, Lutzomyia scorsai, L. rispaili, L …

Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of bacteria, parasites, and viruses. Lutzomyia apache, a
North American sand fly, was incriminated as a vector of vesicular stomatitis viruses (VSV) …

OBJETIVO: Estudiar los casos de bartonelosis humana en valle del Monzón y determinar
las especies de Lutzomyia que podrían jugar papel en la transmisión de la enfermedad en …

The population genetic structure of Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend), a sand fly disease
vector of Carrion's disease and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Peruvian Andes, was …