What is Orya Fever?
By the bacterium “Bartonella bacilliformis” the disease “Oroya fever” is caused. The infection occurs through the transmission of the pathogen by the sand fly. Since the sand fly occurs exclusively in mountain valleys above 800m to 3000m in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, the disease is also only widespread there. Primarily the bacterium lives in erythrocytes … What is Orya Fever?
