''Bartonella ancashensis'' is a bacterium from the genus ''
Bartonella
''Bartonella'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. It is the only genus in the family Bartonellaceae. Facultative intracellular parasites, ''Bartonella'' species can infect healthy people, but are considered especially important as opportunis ...
'' which has been isolated from blood from patients who suffered from
verruga peruana
Carrion's disease is an infectious disease produced by '' Bartonella bacilliformis'' infection.
It is named after Daniel Alcides Carrión.
Signs and symptoms
The clinical symptoms of bartonellosis are pleomorphic and some patients from endemi ...
in
Caraz
Caraz is a town in the Caraz District in the southeastern part of Huaylas Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Political Creation
Recent investigations suggest that its political creation happened on 12 February 1821 when General San Martín, ...
in
Peru
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.
[ ''Bartonella ancashensis'' is a human pathogen which may cause verruga peruana.][
It is not yet certain if ''Bartonella ancashensis'' causes verruga peruana, as it may not meet all of Koch's postulates. Still, there is not experimental reproduction of Peruvian wart in animals for affirm that bartonella ancashi causes the Peruvian wart. Science needs to base its conclusions on the best available evidence.][Salinas D. La nueva Bartonella Ancashi como causante de la verruga peruana: ¿Cumple los postulados de Koch? Acta Med Per 2014; 31 (1): 34-36]
References
Bartonellaceae
Bacteria described in 2015
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