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Scientists from the Californian University found out in the blood of the US citizen, who has recently come back from Peru, unknown microbe which is able to cause heavy and dangerous to life diseases.
As it became known, soon after returning home, the American has been hospitalized with high temperature, vomitting, diarrhea and strong headaches.
Physicians have decided to cope with an infection by means of usual antibiotics and managed to do this. They have assumed that the malaise of the American was caused by Bartonella bacilliformis - the Oroia fever pathogenic organism spread in some areas of Latin America.
But the scientists discovered that found in the blood of the patient bacterium was only close relative of Bartonella bacilliformis, however differed from it on a number of genetic characteristics. New, earlier unknown pathogenic organism received name Bartonella Rochalimae.
Most likely, its messengers also are blood-sucking insects. It is possible, that it is spread and causes periodic flashes of disease in the remote regions of Latin America, however local doctors can not distinguish it from Oroia fever.