ABSTRACT
We report 17 patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis between January 2015 and September 2018 at two tertiary university hospitals in Korea. Monthly incidence peaked in May and June. Among these patients, we identified three who were co-infected with scrub typhus, and one patient with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
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Animals , Humans , Anaplasmosis , Coinfection , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome , Hospitals, University , Incidence , Korea , Scrub TyphusABSTRACT
Although Q fever is an important zoonotic infection with a worldwide distribution, no human isolates of Coxiella burnetii have been identified in Korea. For the first time, we identified the nucleotide sequence of C. burnetii from a 32-year-old man with an acute febrile illness in Korea. Diagnosis of acute Q fever was confirmed by seroconversion using indirect immunofluorescence antibody assays. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated high sequence similarity (99.6%–100%) with C. burnetii 16S rRNA sequences identified from the reservoir. These results are the first genetic analysis of C. burnetii in a human case of Q fever in Korea.
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Adult , Humans , Base Sequence , Coxiella burnetii , Coxiella , Diagnosis , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect , Korea , Q Fever , Seroconversion , ZoonosesABSTRACT
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