Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human
infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions …

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular, tick-transmitted bacterium that is
maintained in nature in a cycle involving at least one and perhaps several vertebrate …

La ehrlichiosis y la anaplasmosis son enfermedades infecciosas producidas por bacterias
de la familia Anaplasmataceae y transmitidas por garrapatas. Ambas afectan, entre otras …

The genera Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Cowdria, Neorickettsia and Wolbachia encompass a
group of obligate intracellular bacteria that reside in vacuoles of eukaryotic cells and were …

▪ Abstract Until the 1990s, Amblyomma americanum was regarded primarily as a nuisance
species, but a tick of minor importance as a vector of zoonotic pathogens affecting humans …

Background Human ehrlichiosis is a recently recognized tick-borne infection. Four species
infect humans: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. sennetsu, E. canis, and the agent of human …

Polymerase chain reaction and Southern hybridization were used to survey for the presence
of Ehrlichia canis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii in blood samples of 65 dogs …

Both dogs and humans can be coinfected with various Ehrlichia, Bartonella, Rickettsia, and
Babesia species. We investigated a kennel of sick Walker Hounds and their owners in …

Historically, disease manifestations in dogs seroreactive to Ehrlichia canis antigens by
indirect immunofluorescent antibody testing have been attributed to infection with either E …

Background Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a ubiquitous tick responsible for transmitting
Ehrlichia canis and most likely Anaplasma platys to dogs, as either single or co-infections …