Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Infection with parasitic rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, especially A. phagocytophilum, formerly classified as Ehrlichia phagocytophilum, that are transmitted by ticks and produce manifestations in humans similar to those of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, including rash, muscle pain, and fever.

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  • noun A disease of ruminants caused by infection with the Anaplasma bacterium, normally transmitted by hard ticks.

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  • noun a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Anaplasma, genus name (ana- probably irregular alteration of Greek a-, an-, without; see a– + plasma, so called because the cells of the type species seem to contain only chromatin and no cytoplasm) + –osis.]

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  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

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  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • Could anaplasmosis, which is caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacterium, spread from China to be the next Lyme disease in the U.S.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

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