Accuracy of Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wormser, Gary P.
• Description:
  In 2008, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) was reported from China. However, the clinical and laboratory findings, including reports of nosocomial transmission, were inconsistent with those reported for HGA in the United States. In 2012, it was demonstrated that the patients described in the 2008 report had all been infected with a newly discovered bunyavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, which causes an illness with the same clinical features described for the patients in the 2008 report. This finding raises the question of HGA misdiagnosis in China and establishes the need for further studies to determine whether HGA occurs there.
• Subjects:
  Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Anaplasmosis/diagnosis Anaplasmosis/microbiology Anaplasmosis/physiopathology Bunyaviridae Infections/diagnosis Data Accuracy Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors Ehrlichiosis/diagnosis Humans Phlebovirus Synopsis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(10):1728-1731.
• Pubmed ID:
  27648639
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5038411
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China ; United States
• Location:
  Asia ; North America
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b80eb572d5cb2e2a13f93d38eaf348ce13bfb01037166ecfc3b82f97a5ef447
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42752/cdc_42752_DS1.pdf
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