Canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are important tick-borne diseases with a worldwide
distribution. Information has been continuously collected on these infections in Europe, and …

Abstract In the United States, ticks transmit the greatest diversity of arthropod-borne
pathogens and are responsible for the most cases of all vector-borne diseases. In recent …

Tickborne rickettsial diseases continue to cause severe illness and death in otherwise
healthy adults and children, despite the availability of low-cost, effective antibacterial …

Background Heightened surveillance of acute febrile illness in China since 2009 has led to
the identification of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) with an …

Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with Lyme disease, human
granulocytic anaplasmosis (formerly known as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis), and …

Tick-borne infections in humans have been recognized in the United States for more than a
century. Following the description of the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 1906, 1 …

Since 2007, many cases of fever, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia syndrome (FTLS) have
emerged in Henan Province, China. Patient reports of tick bites suggested that infection …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging, Gram-negative, obligate intracellular
pathogen that is transmitted by a tick vector. Human infection ranges from asymptomatic to …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the agent of tick-borne fever, equine, canine and human
granulocytic anaplasmosis. The common route of A. phagocytophilum transmission is …

The family Anaplasmataceae includes gram-negative obligate intracellular
alphaproteobacteria, which amplify within membrane-bound vacuoles. The genera …