Helminthic transmission and isolation of Ehrlichia risticii, the causativeagent of Potomac horse fever, by using trematode stages from freshwater stream snails

Authors
Pusterla, N Madigan, JE Chae, JS DeRock, E Johnson, E Pusterla, JB
Citation
N. Pusterla et al., Helminthic transmission and isolation of Ehrlichia risticii, the causativeagent of Potomac horse fever, by using trematode stages from freshwater stream snails, J CLIN MICR, 38(3), 2000, pp. 1293-1297
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1293 - 1297
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200003)38:3<1293:HTAIOE>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report successful helminthic transmission of Ehrlichia risticii, the cau sative agent of Potomac horse fever, using trematode stages collected from Juga yrekaensis snails. The ehrlichial agent was isolated from the blood of experimentally infected horses by culture in murine monocytic cells and id entified as E. risticii ultrastructurally and by characterization of three different genes.