Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013

Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013

We report a patient with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in South Korea. The patient had fever and thrombocytopenia. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was confirmed by seroconversion, PCR, and sequence analysis for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Morulae were observed in the cultured HL-60 cells inoculated...

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Main Authors: Kye-Hyung Kim, Jongyoun Yi, Won Sup Oh, Nak-Hyun Kim, Su Jin Choi, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Nam-Joong Kim, Jong-Koo Lee, Ghazi Kayali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
human granulocytic anaplasmosis
HGA
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
bacteria
ticks
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/13-1680_article
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Summary:We report a patient with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in South Korea. The patient had fever and thrombocytopenia. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was confirmed by seroconversion, PCR, and sequence analysis for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Morulae were observed in the cultured HL-60 cells inoculated with blood from the patient.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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