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Review
. 2023 Oct 24;61(10):e0177622.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.01776-22. Epub 2023 Oct 24.

The Brief Case: A febrile illness from a pesky passenger from Upstate New York

Christopher Thorburn  1 , Daniel A Ortiz  1 , Neethi Gowda  2 , Shivanu Dhawan  3 , Elizabeth A Wey  1
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The Brief Case: A febrile illness from a pesky passenger from Upstate New York

Christopher Thorburn et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Anaplasma; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ixodes; Ixodes scapularis; human granulocytic anaplasmosis.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Peripheral blood smear demonstrating intracytoplasmic inclusions within neutrophils (Wright stain, ×1,000).
Fig 2
Fig 2
Engorged adult hard tick (A, dorsal aspect, and B, ventral aspect) found on the patient, identified to be of Ixodes species based on the inverted, U-shaped anal groove anterior to the anus. Due to the missing mouth parts, identification to the species level was not possible; however, Ixodes scapularis may be inferred given the travel history to New York.
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