Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013

Abstract

We report a patient with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in South Korea. The patient had fever and thrombocytopenia. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was confirmed by seroconversion, PCR, and sequence analysis for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Morulae were observed in the cultured HL-60 cells inoculated with blood from the patient.

Keywords

• human granulocytic anaplasmosis
• HGA
• Anaplasma phagocytophilum
• bacteria
• ticks
• vector-borne infections