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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 3

Laboratory testing results of patients diagnosed with anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma capra, Türkiye*

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
Laboratory testing (reference range)
Leukocytes, cells/mm3 (4,000–10,500)
 3,280
 1,750
 5,490
 2,770
 5,640
 4,690
Platelets, 103/mm3 (150–450)
 20
 46
 207
 74
 87
 158
Hemoglobin, g/dL (13.5–18.0 [M], 12.5–16.0 [F])
 11.1
 10.1
 15.6
 9.7
 14.3
 12.4
AST, IU/L (0–40)
 1,549
 78
 28
 219
 362
 27
ALT, IU/L (0–40)
 476
 103
 29
 95
 216
 20
CPK, µg/mm3 (0–190)
 4,386
 69
 297
 210
 658
 63
LDH, IU/L (135–225)
 2,303
 182
 240
 895
 586
 237
PT, seconds (8.4–10.6)
 21.4
 11.4
 8.47
 10.4
 9.32
 8.44
aPTT, seconds (23.6–30.6) 75.8 34.2 24.8 29.5 24.6 25

*ALT, alanine aminotransferase; aPTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CCHFV, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PT, prothrombin time.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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