What Is Anaplasmosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Anaplasma Phagocytophilum
Anaplasmosis is caused by an infection by the anaplasma phagocytophilum. The bacterium is spread to people through the bite of an infected tick. It is not a common infection but it is most common during the seasons of spring and summer when ticks are at their most active.
Once the bacterium gets into the patient’s blood stream they will begin to multiply. Once the ticks have multiplied by sufficient numbers then the patient will begin to feel symptoms, if they do feel symptoms at all. As mentioned, the bacterium cannot be passed from person to person, although there have been rare cases of transmission by organ transplants and/or blood transfusions.
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