title: Accuracy of Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in China.
abstract: In 2008, human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) was reported from China. However, the clinical and laboratory findings, including reports of nosocomial transmission, were inconsistent with those reported for HGA in the United States. In 2012, it was demonstrated that the patients described in the 2008 report had all been infected with a newly discovered bunyavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, which causes an illness with the same clinical features described for the patients in the 2008 report. This finding raises the question of HGA misdiagnosis in China and establishes the need for further studies to determine whether HGA occurs there.
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Wormser
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002681:China; D000068598:Data Accuracy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016856:Phlebovirus; D014481:United States
keywords: China; anaplasma; bacteria; blood parasite; human granulocytic anaplasmosis; nosocomial infections; parasites; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome