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First case of human granulocytic anaplasmosis from Slovakia.
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Parasitological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia
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Faculty of Public Health, Catholic University, Ružomberok, Slovakia
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Central Military Hospital, Ružomberok, Slovakia
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Mária Nováková
Parasitological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2010;17(1):173-175
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In order to evaluate the potential risks of human granulocytic anaplasmosis in Slovakia, blood and serum samples of hunters and foresters from the northern parth of Slovakia were tested. We present the first case of HGA from Slovakia confirmed by nested PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene fragment of A. phagocytophilum.