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Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Tick-Borne Diseases > Ehrlichiosis
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Anaplasmataceae Infections > Ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichiosis  

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Entry terms

  • Ehrlichia Infection
  • Ehrlichia Infections

Scope note

  • A tick-borne disease characterized by FEVER; HEADACHE; myalgias; ANOREXIA; and occasionally RASH. It is caused by several bacterial species and can produce disease in DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; HORSES; and humans. The primary species causing human disease are EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; and Ehrlichia ewingii.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016873

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