Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kim, Kye-Hyung ; Yi, Jongyoun ; Oh, Won Sup ; Kim, Nak-Hyun ; Choi, Su Jin ; Choe, Pyoeng Gyun ; Kim, Nam-Joong ; Lee, Jong-Koo ; Oh, Myoung-don
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • human granulocytic anaplasmosis
  • HGA
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  • bacteria
  • ticks
  • vector-borne infections
  • zoonoses
  • severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
  • SFTS
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(10):1708-1711.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25650/cdc_25650_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 983.41 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3445b5e29b1e1a47478d09a6df20bdefd138482584bac43b8ff4e890acdf95d