Abstract In the United States, ticks transmit the greatest diversity of arthropod-borne
pathogens and are responsible for the most cases of all vector-borne diseases. In recent …

The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum has for decades been known to cause the
disease tick-borne fever (TBF) in domestic ruminants in Ixodes ricinus-infested areas in …

La ehrlichiosis y la anaplasmosis son enfermedades infecciosas producidas por bacterias
de la familia Anaplasmataceae y transmitidas por garrapatas. Ambas afectan, entre otras …

Human ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are acute febrile tick-borne diseases caused by
various members of the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma (Anaplasmataceae). Human …

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

In the last decade, as a result of the widespread use of PCR and DNA sequencing, 16S
rDNA sequencing has played a pivotal role in the accurate identification of bacterial isolates …

Over 100 years ago, Robert Koch introduced his ideas about how to prove a causal
relationship between a microorganism and a disease. Koch's postulates created a scientific …

Six patients from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin with a febrile illness accompanied by
granulocytic cytoplasmic morulae suggestive of ehrlichial infection were identified. Two …

Summary Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma ovis cause human
infections. We investigated the potential for human pathogenicity of a newly discovered …

The family Anaplasmataceae includes gram-negative obligate intracellular
alphaproteobacteria, which amplify within membrane-bound vacuoles. The genera …