Novel Chronic Anaplasmosis in Splenectomized Patient, Amazon Rainforest

Olivier Duron (1) , Rachid Koual (1) , Lise Musset (2) , Marie Buysse (1) , Yann Lambert (3) , Benoît Jaulhac (4) , Denis Blanchet (3) , Kinan Drak Alsibai (3) , Yassamine Lazrek (2) , Loïc Epelboin (3) , Pierre Deshuillers (5) , Céline Michaud (3) , Maylis Douine (3)

1 MIVEGEC - Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle
2 Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
3 Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]
4 Virulence bactérienne précoce : fonctions cellulaires et contrôle de l'infection aiguë et subaiguë
5 BIPAR - Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques

We report a case of unusual human anaplasmosis in the Amazon rainforest of French Guiana. Molecular typing demonstrated that the pathogen is a novel Anaplasma species, distinct to all known species, and more genetically related to recently described Anaplasma spp. causing infections in rainforest wild fauna of Brazil.

Domains: Infectious diseases; Emerging diseases

Olivier Duron, Rachid Koual, Lise Musset, Marie Buysse, Yann Lambert, et al.. Novel Chronic Anaplasmosis in Splenectomized Patient, Amazon Rainforest. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, 28 (8), pp.1673-1676. ⟨10.3201/eid2808.212425⟩. ⟨hal-03796260v1⟩