Project name: Bartonella grahamii

Description: Bartonella. Bartonella are human and animal pathogens which infect erythrocytes and can cause angiogenic lesions. Angiogenesis is the process of creating new blood vessels. These organisms cause diseases in humans such as Oroya fever, Trench fever, endocarditis, and Cat Scratch disease. Transmission of this organism is via the bite of a blood-sucking arthropod.Bartonella grahamii. Bartonella grahamii can be isolated from the blood of rodents and is found world wide. Fleas may be the transmission vector for Bartonella grahamii to other rodents. Human disease appears to be rare and associated with an immunocompromised state.

Last updated: 2009-04-14