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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Rickettsiales > Anaplasmataceae > Ehrlichia > Ehrlichia chaffeensis
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Alphaproteobacteria > Rickettsiales > Anaplasmataceae > Ehrlichia > Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis  

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Note

  • infection: coordinate with EHRLICHIOSIS

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative bacteria that is the causative agent of human EHRLICHIOSIS. This organism was first discovered at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, when blood samples from suspected human ehrlichiosis patients were studied.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018469

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