Oroya fever

Introduction: Oroya fever

Description of Oroya fever

Oroya fever (medical condition): An infectious disease caused by Bartonella bacilliforms and transmitted by sandflies. It causes fever, anemia and a skin rash.

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Oroya fever: An infection by Bartonella bacilliformis which is transmitted through sandfly bites. Symptoms include fever, severe anemia, bone pain and skin lesions. Also called Carrion's disease, bartonellosis or verruga peruana.

Oroya fever: a generalized, acute, febrile, endemic, and systemic form of bartonellosis; marked by high fever, rheumatic pains, progressive, severe anemia, and albuminuria. SYN: Carrión disease.
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Oroya fever: Infections by the genus BARTONELLA. Bartonella bacilliformis can cause acute febrile anemia, designated Oroya fever, and a benign skin eruption, called verruga peruana. BARTONELLA QUINTANA causes TRENCH FEVER, while BARTONELLA HENSELAE is the etiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis (ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY) and is also one of the causes of CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE in immunocompetent patients.
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Oroya fever: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Oroya fever:

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Oroya fever: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Oroya fever as a "rare disease".

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Oroya fever as a Disease

Oroya fever: Another name for Bartonellosis (or close medical condition association).
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Symptoms of Oroya fever (Bartonellosis)

Some of the symptoms of Oroya fever incude:

• Fever
• Headache
• Severe bone pain
• Severe joint pain
• Enlarged liver

See full list of 16 symptoms of Oroya fever (Bartonellosis)

Terms associated with Oroya fever:

Terms Similar to Oroya fever:

• Verruga fever
• Bartonellosis
• Bartonella bacilliformis
• Carrion's disease

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External links related to: Oroya fever

• eMedicine - Bartonellosis : Article by Brian Edwards, MD
• Bartonella (www.whonamedit.com)
• Carrión's disease (www.whonamedit.com)

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