EQUINE GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS IN CONNECTICUT CAUSED BY AN AGENT RESEMBLING THE HUMAN GRANULOCYTOTROPIC EHRLICHIA

Authors
MADIGAN JE BARLOUGH JE DUMLER JS SCHANKMAN NS DEROCK E
Citation
Je. Madigan et al., EQUINE GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS IN CONNECTICUT CAUSED BY AN AGENT RESEMBLING THE HUMAN GRANULOCYTOTROPIC EHRLICHIA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(2), 1996, pp. 434-435
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
434 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:2<434:EGEICC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The first recognized cases of equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in New England are described. The DNA sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the ca usative ehrlichia was found to be identical to that of the human granu locytotropic ehrlichia, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.