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Bartonella bacilliformis
; vector = sand fly
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two characteristic stages:
1.
Oroya fever
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severe febrile illness with hemolytic anemia
2.
verruga peruana
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nodules that resembles pyogenic granulomas
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the disease is limited to certain river valleys in the Andes mountains in S. America
see
Insect Vectors