Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the United States from 2008 to 2012: A summary of national surveillance data

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-72

  Dahlgren, F Scott ^a   Heitman, Kristen Nichols ^a   Drexler, Naomi A ^a   Massung, Robert F ^a   Behravesh, Casey Barton ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; INCIDENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFANT; IXODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IXODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936998986     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0122     Document Type: Article

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