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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.