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Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Connecticut caused by an agent resembling the human granulocytotropic ehrlichia.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 34 ·No. 2 ·1996-02-00 ·Pages 434-5

Madigan JE, Barlough JE, Dumler JS, Schankman NS, DeRock E

Abstract

The first recognized cases of equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in New England are described. The DNA sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the causative ehrlichia was found to be identical to that of the human granulocytotropic ehrlichia, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.

MeSH Terms

Animals Base Sequence Connecticut/epidemiology DNA, Bacterial/genetics DNA, Ribosomal/genetics Ehrlichia/genetics,isolation & purification,pathogenicity Ehrlichiosis/etiology,microbiology,veterinary Female Genes, Bacterial Granulocytes/microbiology Horse Diseases/epidemiology,etiology,microbiology Horses Humans Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA, Bacterial/genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Species Specificity

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial DNA, Ribosomal RNA, Bacterial RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Madigan J E

Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. [email protected]

Barlough J E

Dumler J S

Schankman N S

DeRock E

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.34.2.434-435.1996

[email protected]

Published

1996-02-00

Pages

434-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC228814

Subset

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