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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedTicks are one of the most important blood-sucking vectors for infectious microorganisms in humans and animals. When feeding they inject saliva, containing microbes, into the host to facilitate the uptake of blood. An...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligatory intracellular bacterium (1). Recently, 2 cases of HGA were identified...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWe retrospectively confirmed 2 cases of human Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. Patient blood samples contained unique p44/msp2 for the pathogen, and antibodies bound to A. phagocytophilum antigens propagated in...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTo the Editor: Japanese spotted fever (JSF), caused by Rickettsia japonica, is the most prevalent tickborne infectious disease in Japan (1), occurring most frequently in central and western regions (http://idsc.nih....
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 11, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedWe report Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of Ixodes persulcatus and I. ovatus ticks in Japan. Unique p44/msp2 paralogs (and/or 16S rRNA genes) were detected in tick tissues, salivary glands, and in spleens of...
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From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 24, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedWe found Rickettsia raoultii infection in 6/261 brucellosisnegative patients with fever of unknown origin in brucellosis-endemic Inner Mongolia, China. We further identified Hyalomma asiaticum ticks associated with R....