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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Research

Detection of Anaplasma capra in Patients with Suspected Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Turkey, 2022

Kursat Altay1, Nazif Elaldi1Comments to Author , Ufuk Erol, Binnur Koksal, Omer Faruk Sahin, Ayse Nur Pektas, Seyit Ali Buyuktuna, Murtaza Oz, Yasemin Cakır Kıymaz, Tuba Nur Tasseten, Husnu Furkan Sakar, and Mehmet Bakir
Author affiliation: Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sivas, Turkey (K. Altay, U. Erol, O.F. Sahin, H.F. Sakar); Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas (N. Elaldi, S.A. Buyuktuna, M. Oz, Y. Cakır Kıymaz); Sivas Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences, Sivas (B. Koksal); Sivas Cumhuriyet University Advanced Technology Application and Research Center, Sivas (A.N. Pektas); Sivas Cumhuriyet University Institute of Science, Sivas (T.N. Tasseten); Medicana Sivas Hospital, Sivas (M. Bakir).

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Table 2

Demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms, and physical findings of patients diagnosed with anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma capra, Turkey*

Characteristic
 Patient 1
 Patient 2
 Patient 3
 Patient 4
 Patient 5
 Patient 6
Infectious agent A. capra and CCHFV A. capra A. capra A. capra and Brucella sp. A. capra and CCHFV A. capra
Age, y/sex
 83/F
 30/F
 39/F
 60/F
 48/M
 58/F
History of tick bite
 No
 Unknown
 Yes
 Unknown
 Yes
 Yes
Symptoms
  Weakness
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
  Musculoskeletal pain
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
  History of fever
 Yes
 No
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
  Headache
 No
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
 Yes
  Nausea and/or vomiting
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Signs
Splenomegalia
 Yes
 No
 No
 Yes
 No
 No
Fever, >38°C
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Bleeding events†
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Petechia
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Hypotension, <90 mm Hg
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Ecchymosis
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Confusion
 Yes
 No
 No
 No
 No
 No
Co-infection
 CCHFV
 No
 No
 Brucellosis
 CCHFV
 No
Fatal outcome Yes No No No No No

*CCHFV, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. †At least 1 of epistaxis, bleeding gum, hemoptysis, hematuria, melena, and vaginal bleeding other than menstrual cycle.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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