Carrion disease


O·ro·ya fe·ver

a generalized, acute, febrile, endemic, and systemic form of bartonellosis; marked by high fever, rheumatic pains, progressive, severe anemia, and albuminuria. Synonym(s): Carrión disease

O·ro·ya fe·ver

(ō-roy'ă fē'vĕr) A generalized, acute, febrile, endemic, and systemic form of bartonellosis; marked by high fever, rheumatic pains, progressive, severe anemia, and albuminuria.
Synonym(s): Carrión disease.

Carrion disease

(kar-e-on') [Daniel A. Carrion, 1850–1885, a Peruvian student who died after voluntarily injecting himself with a disease] Bartonellosis.

Carrión,

Daniel Alcides, Peruvian medical student, 1859-1885, who inoculated himself with a disease later designated as Carrión disease, and died thereof. Carrión disease - a generalized, acute, febrile, endemic, and systemic form of bartonellosis.

Oroya,

region of Peru where disease was first discovered. Oroya fever - Synonym(s): Carrión disease