title: Emergence of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in France.
abstract: In France, only one case of tick-borne human granulocytic anaplasmosis has been described in the literature (in 2003). Here, we report 5 new human cases of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection from north-eastern France diagnosed in our laboratory in south-eastern France by serology and molecular biology. This increase is directly related to more physician interest in this disease and the implementation of a new PCR tool.
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, Unité de Recherche en Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod Borne Bacterial Diseases, 27 bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edouard
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koebel
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goehringer
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Socolovschi
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaulhac
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D012698:Serologic Tests