Co-Infection of Scrub Typhus and Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in Korea, 2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scrub typhus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) and human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) are important arthropod-borne infectious diseases in Korea and share a common point that they are transmitted by arthropod bites mostly during outdoor activities and there are considerable overlaps of epidemiologic and clinical features at presentation. We investigated the co-infection of these infections.

Methods

The study subjects were patients with laboratory-confirmed scrub typhus who were enrolled retrospectively in 2006. SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection was confirmed by a reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify partial L segment of SFTSV for molecular diagnosis. HGA was confirmed by a nested PCR to amplify 16S rRNA gene of Anapla

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786965 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature