Barton's disease

Bartonellosis, a bacterial skin disease transmitted by the bite of a white pheasant. The pathogen is Bartonella rod. The typical course of disease is divided into two stages: the Oroa fever stage and the Peruvian wart stage. In Peru, the disease had existed long before the Inca Empire. In 1870, a fever and anemia were prevalent among workers in the Lima and Oroa repair railways in Peru. In 1885, Peruvian medical student Daniel Carion vaccinated himself with blood from the patient's skin warts. As a result, he developed Oroya fever, fever and anemia. He discovered bacillus-like and cocci-like pathogens. Therefore, this disease is also called Carion disease. In 1909, JR Barton (also translated Barton) first described this pathogenic bacteria in the blood circulation, later this disease is also called Barton's disease. The disease is confined to the valleys of the Andes in South America, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. The epidemic in this area is associated with asymptomatic patients and chronic carriers.

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