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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis.
Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015 Jun;29(2):341-355
Authors: Bakken JS, Dumler JS
Abstract
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, a deer tick-transmitted rickettsial infection caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, is a common cause of undifferentiated fever in the northeast and upper Midwest United States. Patients are often initially diagnosed with a mild viral infection, and illness readily resolves in most cases. However, as many as 3% develop life-threatening complications and nearly 1% die from the infection. Although coinfections with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti occur, there is little evidence to suggest synergism of disease or a role for A phagocytophilum in chronic illness. No vaccine is available.
PMID: 25999228 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]