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| bar·to·nel·lo·sis [ brt'nə lṓssiss ] |
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insect-borne disease: an infectious disease, endemic in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, that is spread by sand flies and is characterized by a high temperature, enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes, and anemia
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Bartonella, genus name of the microorganism causing it, after Alberto Barton (1871-1950), Peruvian physician] |
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