TY - JOUR AU - Ohashi, Norio AU - Gaowa AU - Wuritu, NA AU - Kawamori, Fumihiko AU - Wu, Dongxing AU - Yoshikawa, Yuko AU - Chiya, Seizou AU - Fukunaga, Kazutoshi AU - Funato, Toyohiko AU - Shiojiri, Masaaki AU - Nakajima, Hideki AU - Hamauzu, Yoshiji AU - Takano, Ai AU - Kawabata, Hiroki AU - Ando, Shuji AU - Kishimoto, Toshio T1 - Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 289 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We 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 THP-1 rather than HL60 cells. Unless both cell lines are used for serodiagnosis of rickettsiosis-like infections, cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis could go undetected. KW - Anaplasma phagocytophilum KW - anaplasmosis KW - Rickettsia japonica KW - rickettsiosis KW - p44/msp2 KW - 16S rDNA KW - coinfection KW - Japan KW - spotted fever group rickettsia KW - ticks KW - bacteria KW - human granulocytic anaplasmosis KW - Orientia tsutsugamushi DO - 10.3201/eid1902.120855 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-0855_article ER - End of Reference