Novel Chronic Anaplasmosis in Splenectomized Patient, Amazon Rainforest.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of unusual human anaplasmosis in the Amazon rainforest of French Guiana. Molecular typing demonstrated that the pathogen is a novel Anaplasma species, distinct to all known species, and more genetically related to recently described Anaplasma spp. causing infections in rainforest wild fauna of Brazil.

SUBMITTER: Duron O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328922 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature