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Anaplasma sparouinense
Intracellular bacterial pathogen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Candidatus Anaplasma sparouinense is an emerging intracellular bacterial pathogen.[1]
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Description
Anaplasma sparouinense was first detected in a 58-year-old man living in the rainforest of French Guiana. The patient had a history of splenectomy due to malaria attacks caused by Plasmodium vivax and showed anemia upon initial exam. Examination of the patient's Giemsa-stained blood film taken for malaria diagnosis revealed the presence of intraerythrocytic bodies. Sequencing analysis found the organism was most closely related to Candidatus Anaplasma amazonensis, a bacteria which infects sloths and cats.[2]
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Disease
Unlike the type species of its genus, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, which primarily infects neutrophils, A. sparouinense appears to infect red blood cells.[3]
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