Novel Chronic Anaplasmosis in Splenectomized Patient, Amazon Rainforest

Authors :: Olivier Duron
Rachid Koual
Lise Musset
Marie Buysse
Yann Lambert
Benoît Jaulhac
Denis Blanchet
Kinan Drak Alsibai
Yassamine Lazrek
Loïc Epelboin
Pierre Deshuillers
Céline Michaud
Maylis Douine
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 8, Pp 1673-1676 (2022)
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022.
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.