Are Patients with Erythema Migrans Who Have Leukopenia and/or Thrombocytopenia Coinfected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus?

Franc Strle; Petra Bogovič; Jože Cimperman; Vera Maraspin; Katarina Ogrinc; Tereza Rojko; Daša Stupica; Lara Lusa; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; Katja Strašek Smrdel; Mateja Jelovšek; Stanka Lotrič-Furlan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103188

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Are Patients with Erythema Migrans Who Have Leukopenia and/or Thrombocytopenia Coinfected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus?

Franc Strle ,

* E-mail: franc.strle@kclj.si

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Petra Bogovič,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Jože Cimperman,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Vera Maraspin,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Katarina Ogrinc,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Tereza Rojko,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Daša Stupica,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Lara Lusa,

Affiliation Institute for Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Tatjana Avšič-Županc,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Katja Strašek Smrdel,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Mateja Jelovšek,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Stanka Lotrič-Furlan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Are Patients with Erythema Migrans Who Have Leukopenia and/or Thrombocytopenia Coinfected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus?

Franc Strle,
Petra Bogovič,
Jože Cimperman,
Vera Maraspin,
Katarina Ogrinc,
Tereza Rojko,
Daša Stupica,
Lara Lusa,
Tatjana Avšič-Županc,
Katja Strašek Smrdel

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Published: July 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103188

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