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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Rickettsiales > Anaplasmataceae > Anaplasma > Anaplasma phagocytophilum
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Preferred term

Anaplasma phagocytophilum  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cytoecetes phagocytophila
  • Ehrlichia equi
  • Ehrlichia phagocytophila
  • HGE Agent

Note

  • infection: coord IM with EHRLICHIOSIS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus ANAPLASMA, family ANAPLASMATACEAE, formerly called Ehrlichia phagocytophila or Ehrlichia equi. This organism is tick-borne (IXODES) and causes disease in horses and sheep. In humans, it causes human granulocytic EHRLICHIOSIS.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D041081

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