How to Use anaplasmosis in a Sentence

anaplasmosis

noun
  • Those who are older or who have weakened immune systems may be at risk for severe illness due to anaplasmosis.
    Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 2 July 2021
  • Howe says pets with anaplasmosis may experience lack of appetite, joint pain, fever, lethargy or lameness.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2020
  • Bite: Larvae and nymphs are recognized as transmitters of anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Lyme disease and Powassan virus in the northern half of Ixodes scapularis' range.
    Wendy Orent, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
  • The county’s health commissioner said Thursday that there have been six cases of anaplasmosis already reported in 2021, compared to just three cases reported over the last five years.
    Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 2 July 2021
  • For both anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis, symptoms typically start within two weeks after the bite.
    Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 26 July 2019
  • The prognosis is brighter now, but lingering problems include anaplasmosis – a blood disease transmitted by the ticks latched to its skin – and a delicate stomach not yet ready to return to a natural diet.
    Benjy Egel, sacbee, 14 Feb. 2018
  • What's the difference between Lyme disease and anaplasmosis?
    Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 29 June 2021
  • Ticks that transmit Lyme disease can also transmit other pathogens causing less-common diseases such as anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 9 July 2018
  • Ticks have the ability to spread dangerous diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis, in as little as 36-48 hours after the initial bite, according to Mannes.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021
  • The clinical signs for tickborne diseases like Lyme, ehrlichia, and anaplasmosis generally share a lot of similarities, Dr. de Jong says.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2019
  • One difference, however, is that bites from ticks infected with Lyme usually result in a telltale rash, often shaped like a bull’s-eye; bites from ticks infected with anaplasmosis do not.
    New York Times, 26 June 2022
  • These insects can in turn carry and spread infectious diseases such as anaplasmosis, angiostrongylus, babesiosis, borreliosis, Lyme disease, and the plague.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Cases of Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have increased several times over.
    Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • Ticks spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rabbit fever, Powassan virus and other ills, some of them only recently discovered.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
  • These include the bacterial infection anaplasmosis, which can lead to symptoms like fever, nausea, vomiting, and more, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can cause similar issues along with a splotchy rash, and other illnesses.
    Kate Sheridan, SELF, 14 July 2018
  • Other life-threatening infections like anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are increasing in incidence even more quickly than Lyme.
    Megan Molteni, WIRED, 4 July 2018
  • Ticks can also transmit microbes that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, among other diseases.
    Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Ticks can also cause other diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Cases of Lyme disease, Powassan virus; spotted fever rickettsiosis, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and tularemia all increased last year.
    Ashley Welch, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Other tick-borne diseases include anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis and tularemia.
    Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • Rickettsial illnesses include ehrlichiosis (15%), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (6%) and anaplasmosis (5%).
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • Similar to Lyme disease, people who develop anaplasmosis develop nonspecific symptoms such as fever and muscle aches.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The same creature can also transmit other less common diseases, including babesiosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and Powassan encephalitis.
    Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 4 May 2018

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