Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular, tick-transmitted bacterium that is
maintained in nature in a cycle involving at least one and perhaps several vertebrate …

Dogs are susceptible to a number of ehrlichial diseases. Among them, canine monocytic
ehrlichiosis is an important and potentially fatal disease of dogs caused by the rickettsia …

The genera Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Cowdria, Neorickettsia and Wolbachia encompass a
group of obligate intracellular bacteria that reside in vacuoles of eukaryotic cells and were …

Background Human ehrlichiosis is a recently recognized tick-borne infection. Four species
infect humans: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. sennetsu, E. canis, and the agent of human …

Abstract Al. pha. pro. te. o. bac. te′ ri. a. Gr. n. alpha name of first letter of Greek alphabet;
Gr. n. Proteus ocean god able to change shape; Gr. n. bakterion a small rod; ML fem. pl. n …

The causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis was recently reclassified as
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, unifying previously described bacteria that cause disease in …

Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) is a potentially fatal tick-borne disease caused by the
rickettsia Ehrlichia canis (16). The etiologic agent was first recognized in Algeria in 1935 (8) …

Control methods for anaplasmosis have not changed markedly during the past 50 years and
include arthropod control, chemoprophylaxsis, vaccination, and maintenance of an …

Anaplasma marginale is a tick-transmitted ehrlichial pathogen causing severe morbidity and
mortality in livestock on six continents. Development of safe effective vaccines would be …

Ehrlichia canis, a small obligately intracellular, tick-transmitted, gram-negative, α-
proteobacterium, is the primary etiologic agent of globally distributed canine monocytic …