COVID-19 and the Consequences of Anchoring Bias
Suspicion of coronavirus disease in febrile patients might lead to anchoring bias, causing misdiagnosis of other infections for which epidemiologic risks are present.
Harold W. Horowitz +2 more
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The tick-borne obligatory intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects granulocytes of humans as well as domesticated and wild animals, causing a febrile disease collectively called granulocytic anaplasmosis. The host species specificity and
Rory C. Chien +7 more
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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis Affecting the Myocardium [PDF]
A case of 65-year-old male is reported who presented with myalgias, headache, and fever. He subsequently developed myocarditis and was diagnosed to have anaplasmosis on peripheral blood smear. He was treated with doxycycline for 30 days. A coronary angiogram done after recovery showed normal epicardial arteries. The case illustrates the importance of a
Amyn, Malik +3 more
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Epidemiology and Spatial Emergence of Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2010‒2018
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, a tickborne disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum, was first identified during 1994 and is now an emerging public health threat in the United States.
Alexis Russell +15 more
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Performance analysis of anaplasma antibody competitive ELISA using the ROC curve for screening of anaplasmosis in camel populations in Egypt [PDF]
Anaplasmosis is a tick-born and potential zoonotic disease caused by Anaplasma (A.) phagocytophilum, A. ovis, A. platys and A. capra. Anaplasma marginale affecting bovines and camels causing significant economic losses.
El-Adawy, Hosny +4 more
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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Macrophage Activation [PDF]
Patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis present with fever, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and an elevated aspartate transaminase level. Clinical and histopathologic features of severe disease suggest macrophage activation. Twenty-nine patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis had higher ferritin, interleukin-10, interleukin-12 p70, and ...
J Stephen, Dumler +3 more
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Seroprevalence and Molecular Detection of Bovine Anaplasmosis in Egypt [PDF]
Bovine anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease with zoonotic potential, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Anaplasma marginale. The disease is distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions.
El-Adawy, Hosny +5 more
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A Traumatic Tick Bite: A Case Report
Introduction: Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease with an increasing incidence associated with morbidity and mortality. Uncertainty remains whether a prophylactic dose of doxycycline is effective in prevention. Case Report: We present
Daniel Finnin, Christopher Hanowitz
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in a Scottish traveller returning from Canada
John Kelly, Oliver Koch
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Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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