Possible Vertical Transmission of Bartonella bacilliformis in Peru
Ximena L. Tuya, Raffo Escalante-Kanashiro, Carmen Tinco, Maria J. Pons, Verónica Petrozzi, Joaquim Ruiz and Juana del Valle
Published online November 4, 2014 , doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0098
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014 14-0098
The child was born in a non-endemic B. bacilliformis area and had not traveled to such an area before hospitalization. However, the mother was from an endemic B. bacilliformis area, and posterior physical examination showed the presence of a wart compatible with B. bacilliformis in semi-immune subjects. These data support vertical transmission of B. bacilliformis.
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