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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research

Epidemiology and Spatial Emergence of Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2010‒2018

Alexis Russell, Melissa PrusinskiComments to Author , Jamie Sommer, Collin O’Connor, Jennifer White, Richard Falco, John Kokas1, Vanessa Vinci, Wayne Gall2, Keith Tober1, Jamie Haight, JoAnne Oliver, Lisa Meehan, Lee Ann Sporn, Dustin Brisson, and P. Bryon Backenson
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (A. Russell, M. Prusinski, J. Sommer, C. O’Connor, J. White, R. Falco, J. Kokas, V. Vinci, W. Gall, K. Tober, J. Haight, J. Oliver, L. Meehan, P.B. Backenson); Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, New York, USA (L.A. Sporn); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (D. Brisson)

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Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of anaplasmosis case-patients, New York, USA, 2010–2018

Characteristic % Cases
Case status
Confirmed 60.3
Probable
 39.7
Sex
F 39.5
M
 60.5
Age group, y
0–9 2.1
10–19 3.0
20–29 4.2
30–39 7.0
40–49 11.1
50–59 20.5
60–69 24.9
70–79 18.0
>80
 9.2
Race
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.0
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.1
Black 1.0
White 95.5
Other
 2.3
Ethnicity
Hispanic 3.9
Non-Hispanic
 96.1
Signs/symptoms
Arthralgia 57.9
Chills 75.9
Headache 66.8
Malaise 90.2
Myalgia 76.8
Nausea 38.6
Rash 10.7
Rigors 19.6
Stiff neck
 16.5
Laboratory findings
Anemia 29.7
Increased levels of hepatic aminotransferases 56.6
Leukopenia 42.3
Thrombocytopenia
 61.8
Outcome
Hospitalization 35.2
Death 0.5

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1Retired.

2Current affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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