Bartonella spp. bacteremia in blood donors from Campinas, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Luiza Helena Urso Pitassi (Author), Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Diniz (Author), Diana Gerardi Scorpio (Author), Marina Rovani Drummond (Author), Bruno Grosselli Lania (Author), Maria Lourdes Barjas-Castro (Author), Rovilson Gilioli (Author), Silvia Colombo (Author), Stanley Sowy (Author), Edward B Breitschwerdt (Author), William L Nicholson (Author), Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Bartonella species are blood-borne, re-emerging organisms, capable of causing prolonged infection with diverse disease manifestations, from asymptomatic bacteremia to chronic debilitating disease and death. This pathogen can survive for over a month in stored blood. However, its prevalence among blo...