Oroya fever


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Oroya fever

[ə′rȯi·ə ‚fē·vər]
(medicine)
The severe form of Carrion's disease, characterized by a sudden, severe, and rapid course, often fatal anemia, and remittent fever.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This discovery raises the possibility that some cases diagnosed as Oroya fever might represent infection with this new Bartonella species.
New Bartonella species identified
Oroya fever, in contrast, is a disease of fever and anemia, with a high case-fatality rate.
Daniel Alcides Carrion
Although initially Oroya fever was epidemiologically associated with ticks (13), it rapidly became evident that phlebotomine sandflies (particularly Lutzomyia verrucarum) were the vectors.
Bartonella spp. transmission by ticks not established
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