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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Dispatch

Novel Chronic Anaplasmosis in Splenectomized Patient, Amazon Rainforest

Olivier DuronComments to Author , Rachid Koual, Lise Musset, Marie Buysse, Yann Lambert, Benoît Jaulhac, Denis Blanchet, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Yassamine Lazrek, Loïc Epelboin, Pierre Deshuillers, Céline Michaud, and Maylis Douine
Author affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France (O. Duron, R. Koual); MIVEGEC, Montpellier (O. Duron, R. Koual, M. Buysse); Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana (L. Musset, Y. Lazrek); University of Montpellier, Montpellier (M. Buysse); Centre Hospitalier Andree Rosemon, Cayenne (Y. Lambert, L. Epelboin, M. Douine); University of Strasbourg, ITI InnoVec, and Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (B. Jaulhac); Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne (D. Blanchet, K. Drak Alsibai, L. Epelboin C. Michaud); Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France (P. Deshuillers)

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Figure 2

Thin films of a blood sample collected in October 2019 from a patient in French Guiana. Inclusions of Candidatus Anaplasma sparouinense are located at the periphery of the red blood cells as small round dots of 0.3–0.4 µm (arrowheads). Other red blood cells contain Howell-Jolly bodies of various shapes and sizes >1 µm (arrows). Some Howell-Jolly bodies are found in the background of the smears. Wright-Giemsa stain; original magnification ×100.

Figure 2. Thin films of a blood sample collected in October 2019 from a patient in French Guiana. Inclusions of Candidatus Anaplasma sparouinense are located at the periphery of the red blood cells as small round dots of 0.3–0.4 µm (arrowheads). Other red blood cells contain Howell-Jolly bodies of various shapes and sizes >1 µm (arrows). Some Howell-Jolly bodies are found in the background of the smears. Wright-Giemsa stain; original magnification ×100.

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