The so-called "Oroya fever" is an extremely severe infectious disease, yet it is classified among the so-called neglected ...

The so-called "Oroya fever" is an extremely severe infectious disease, yet it is classified among the so-called neglected tropical diseases. This is ...

The bacterial pathogen Bartonella bacilliformis causes in South America one of the most dangerous infectious diseases known: the so-called “Oroya fever.” Without antibiotic treatment, 90 percent of ...

A sudden swipe, a sharp sting and a thin red line develops across your skin. Being scratched by a cat can seem like a minor inconvenience. But beneath that seemingly ...

In Florida, United States, a cat owner experienced a terrible fright when her pet had to be rushed to hospital. Ashley Alleman, 31, had to rush her five-year-old cat, Kuzco, to a veterinary hospital ...

A Florida woman says a stressful and costly veterinary emergency took an unexpectedly hilarious turn after a pharmacist at her cat’s hospital sent her a follow-up text that perfectly echoed a beloved ...

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade Russia. The Russians retreated but burned the countryside as they withdrew, ...

A team working in Brazil’s Amazon National Park found DNA from bacteria in the Bartonella group inside local sand flies. The sequences look close to two Andean species that are known to make people ...

Credit: A newly discovered species of Bartonella bacteria has been identified in sand flies from Brazil’s Amazon National Park. Genetically similar to bacteria responsible for Carrión’s disease in the ...

What Are the Causes of Bartonellosis? Bartonella bacteria are parasites that invade your red blood cells, immune cells like macrophages, and endothelial cells lining your blood vessels. Bartonella ...