Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tickborne rickettsial infection of neutrophils caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The human disease was first identified in 1990, although the pathogen was defined as a veterinary agent in 1932. Since 1990, US cases have markedly increased, and infections are n...

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Main Authors: J. Stephen Dumler, Kyoung-Seong Choi, Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia, Nicole S. Barat, Diana G. Scorpio, Justin W. Garyu, Dennis J. Grab, Johan S. Bakken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Anaplasmataceae
Rickettsiales
Tickborne Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Emerging
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/12/05-0898_article

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