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Epidemiology <strong>of</strong> <strong>Anapl<strong>as</strong>mosis</strong><br />

• Seroprevalence <strong>of</strong> 14.9% among healthy residents from<br />

northwestern Wisconsin who had no h/o a tick bite<br />

• Highest annual avg HGA incidence rates:<br />

• CT (15.9/million), WI (8.8/million), MN (3.9/million), NY<br />

State (2.7/million)<br />

• However, rates <strong>as</strong> high <strong>as</strong> 650/million reported in some NW WI counties<br />

Bakken JS, Dumler S. Human Granulocytic <strong>Anapl<strong>as</strong>mosis</strong>, Infect Dis Clin N Am. 2008; 22, 433-448.<br />

Belongia EA et al. Population-B<strong>as</strong>ed Incidence <strong>of</strong> Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Northwestern<br />

Wisconsin, 1997-1999, J <strong>of</strong> Inf Dis. 2001; 184 (11), 1470-1474.

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