Recent Increase of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Co-Infection with Scrub Typhus or Korean Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Korea

We report 17 patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis between January 2015 and September 2018 at two tertiary university hospitals in Korea. Monthly incidence peaked in May and June. Among these patients, we identified three who were co-infected with scrub typhus, and one patient with hemorrhag...

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Autores principales: Heo, Dae-Hyuk, Hwang, Joo-Hee, Choi, Seung Hee, Jeon, Mir, Lee, Ju-Hyung, Lee, Jae-Hoon, Hwang, Seon-Do, Lee, Kyeong-Ah, Lee, Seung-Hun, Lee, Chang-Seop
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2019
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30914905
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e87
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Sumario:We report 17 patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis between January 2015 and September 2018 at two tertiary university hospitals in Korea. Monthly incidence peaked in May and June. Among these patients, we identified three who were co-infected with scrub typhus, and one patient with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

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