Human granulocytic anaplasmosis and its concurrence with other tick-borne infections in the Republic of Altai

Shchuchinova

Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 3: 20-23

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326
PMID: 25924278
Document Number: 671010
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) cases occur everywhere in the Republic of Altai. Anaplasma phagocytophilum is transmitted to humans by at least three genera of ticks: Ixodes, Dermacentor, and Haemaphysalis. The risk of the infection is higher in the northern part of the republic. Most patients with HGA show serologic evidence of coinfection with North Asian tick typhus and other tick-borne diseases. The high probability of HGA concurrent with other tick-borne infections requires an integrated approach to preventing these diseases in the Republic of Altai.

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