ORPHA:64692
Bartonella bacilliformis infection
Also known as: Bartonellosis due to infection with Bartonella bacilliformis · Carrion disease
Publications
80
49.1th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
359
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare bacterial infectious disease transmitted between humans via bites from infected sand flies in high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, characterized by two disparate syndromes which can arise independently or sequentially. The first, Oroya fever, occurs about 60 days after the fly bite as a severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality in untreated individuals. The second, chronic phase, termed verruga peruana, can persist for months or years and manifests with endothelial cell-derived, blood-filled tumors developing on the surface of the skin.
How rare: How common this is has not been clearly measured.
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
80 matched papers (39 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
80
80 papers have ever been published on this condition (under this name). For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
80 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
39 in the last 10 years · medium confidence · 49.1th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 80 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
359
Distinct author names in 80 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Noguchi H3 papers · 1929
Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Parola P3 papers · 2023
Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales, Aix Marseille Univ IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Angkasekwinai N2 papers · 2014
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America; Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America; Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Atkins EH2 papers · 2014
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America; Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Chao CC2 papers · 2014
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America; Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.
Papers in Europe PMC - 06CHING Wei-Mei2 papers · 2007Papers in Europe PMC
- 07Ching WM2 papers · 2014
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America; Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08Drummond MR2 papers · 2023
Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas-UNICAMP; Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Papers in Europe PMC - 09Fenollar F2 papers · 2021
Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, VITROME, Marseille, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10HENDRIX Laura2 papers · 2007Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
medium confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Bartonella bacilliformis infection" OR "Bartonellosis due to infection with Bartonella bacilliformis" OR "Carrion disease"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Bartonella bacilliformis infection" OR "Bartonellosis due to infection with Bartonella bacilliformis" OR "Carrion disease"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- "Carrion disease" also appears on ORPHA:659756
Ingested 2026-07-27T01:09:00.431Z