A young woman who was recently hiking in the mountains and discovered a tick on her torso has a fever that came on quite suddenly.She has no rash,but she develops leukopenia.Which of the following diseases is she most likely to have contracted?

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Anaplasmosis is characterized by sudden fever, leukopenia (a reduction in the number of white cells in the blood), and often a history of tick exposure, matching the symptoms described. Lyme disease typically presents with a rash (erythema migrans), relapsing fever has a pattern of fever that comes and goes, Rocky Mountain spotted fever usually includes a rash, and scrub typhus, found in Asia, also typically presents with a rash at the site of the chigger bite.

A Young Woman Who Was Recently Hiking in the Mountains