Human infection with Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1636-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1810.120594.

Abstract

To identify Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection in northeastern China, we tested blood samples from 622 febrile patients. We identified in 7 infected patients and natural foci for this bacterium. Field surveys showed that 1.6% of ticks and 3.8% of rodents collected from residences of patients were also infected.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anaplasmataceae / classification
  • Anaplasmataceae / genetics
  • Anaplasmataceae / isolation & purification*
  • Anaplasmataceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Anaplasmataceae Infections / microbiology
  • Anaplasmataceae Infections / veterinary
  • Animals
  • China / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / veterinary
  • DNA, Bacterial / blood
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ixodes / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Rodent Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Rodent Diseases / microbiology
  • Rodentia / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S