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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023
Dispatch

Neoehrlichiosis in Symptomatic Immunocompetent Child, South Africa

Colleen Bamford1Comments to Author , Lucille H. Blumberg, Michelle Bosman, John Frean, Kim G.P. Hoek, Janet Miles, Charlotte Sriruttan, Ilse Vorster, and Marinda C. Oosthuizen1
Author affiliations: Pathcare, East London, South Africa (C. Bamford); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (C. Bamford); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (L.H. Blumberg, J. Frean, C. Sriruttan); University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa (L.H. Blumberg, J. Frean, I. Vorster, M.C. Oosthuizen); University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa (L.H. Blumberg, K.G.P. Hoek); Ampath, East London, South Africa (M. Bosman); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (J. Frean); PathCare Reference Laboratory, Cape Town (K.G.P. Hoek); East London, South Africa (J. Miles)

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Phylogenetic tree of Candidatus Neoehrlichia species detected in a case of neoehrlichiosis in a symptomatic immunocompetent child, South Africa. We used Kimura 2-parameter plus gamma plus invariable site substitution model in MEGA X (https://www.megasoftware.net) to infer a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree in combination with the bootstrap method using 1,000 replicates. Green bold text indicates Candidatus Neoehrlichia species detected from the patient in this case-study; we compared this isolate to other Anaplasmataceae species detected from ticks, humans, and mammals available in GenBank (indicated by species name and GenBank accession number; host species and country are given for other Candidatus Neoehrlichia species). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of Candidatus Neoehrlichia species detected in a case of neoehrlichiosis in a symptomatic immunocompetent child, South Africa. We used Kimura 2-parameter plus gamma plus invariable site substitution model in MEGA X (https://www.megasoftware.net) to infer a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree in combination with the bootstrap method using 1,000 replicates. Green bold text indicates Candidatus Neoehrlichia species detected from the patient in this case-study; we compared this isolate to other Anaplasmataceae species detected from ticks, humans, and mammals available in GenBank (indicated by species name and GenBank accession number; host species and country are given for other Candidatus Neoehrlichia species). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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