Recent Increase of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis and Co-Infection with Scrub Typhus or Korean Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Korea

J Korean Med Sci. 2019 Mar 12;34(11):e87. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e87. eCollection 2019 Mar 25.

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.

Keywords: Anaplasmosis; Korea; Korean Hemorrhagic Fever; Scrub Typhus.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anaplasma / immunology
  • Anaplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Anaplasmosis / epidemiology
  • Anaplasmosis / microbiology
  • Coinfection / diagnosis
  • Coinfection / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
  • Hantaan virus / genetics
  • Hantaan virus / immunology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / blood
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi / genetics
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi / immunology
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • RNA, Viral / metabolism
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Scrub Typhus / diagnosis*
  • Scrub Typhus / epidemiology
  • Scrub Typhus / virology
  • Seasons

Substances

  • Immunoglobulins
  • RNA, Viral