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Medical Definition of Bartonellosis
1. A disease, endemic in certain valleys of the Andes in Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Colombia, caused by Bartonella bacilliformis which is transmitted by the bite of the nocturnally biting sandfly, Phlebotomus verrucarum; occurs in three forms: 1) Oroya fever; 2) verruca peruana 3) a combination or sequence of these. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartonellosis
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