Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from Oklahoma

Authors
Kocan, A Levesque, GC Whitworth, LC Murphy, GL Ewing, SA Barker, RW
Citation
A. Kocan et al., Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from Oklahoma, EM INFECT D, 6(5), 2000, pp. 477-480
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
477 - 480
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200009/10)6:5<477:NOECII>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A nested polymerase chain reaction assay was used to determine the presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and northcentral Oklahoma. Of the 21 coy otes examined, 15 (71%) were positive for E. chaffeensis DNA; none was posi tive for E. canis or E. ewingii. Results suggest that E. chaffeensis infect ions are common in free-ranging coyotes in Oklahoma and that these wild can ids could play a role in the epidemiology of human monocytotropic ehrlichio sis.