title: Diagnosis of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in Belgium by combining molecular and serological methods.
abstract: We report here one new, hospitalized case of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Belgium. The clinical presentation of anaplasmosis, its treatment and the molecular and serological relevant laboratory methods are briefly developed.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory, National Reference Centre Anaplasma, Military Hospital Queen Astrid Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hing
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'analyses médicales J. Woestyn Mouscron, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woestyn
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie clinique, Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron Mouscron, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Bosterhaut
authors.affiliation: General Practitioner Mouscron, Belgium.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Desbonnet
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Vector-borne Diseases, Military Hospital Queen Astrid Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Vector-borne Diseases, Military Hospital Queen Astrid Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cochez
authors.affiliation: Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silaghi
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sprong
authors.affiliation: URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.affiliation: URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université Marseille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Military Hospital Queen Astrid Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neirinckx
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory, National Reference Centre Anaplasma, Military Hospital Queen Astrid Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heuninckx
keywords: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; anaplasmosis; human; laboratory diagnosis