Catalog
Verruga peruana
Link to WHO Definition
Verruga peruana – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1480386521
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Bartonella bacilliformis. This disease is characterised by multiple nodular and red-to-purple vascular skin lesions, subsequent to Oroya fever. Transmission is through the bite of infected sandflies from the genus Lutzomyia.