What Is Ehrlichiosis in Dogs? Ehrlichia are rickettsiae, a type of bacteria that live inside cells. The disease they cause is known as ehrlichiosis. Several types of Ehrlichia cause disease in dogs, ...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium responsible for human monocytic ehrlichiosis, a potentially severe tick-borne disease. As a pathogen that exclusively replicates within ...

Background: Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is a tick-borne illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Data about disease in children have been largely derived from case reports or small case series.

An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms and, in ...

When patients present to providers in North Carolina for a possible tick bite, clinicians are not testing them for Ehrlichia, a tick-borne illness that occurs more frequently than Lyme disease and as ...

Ehrlichiosis is a clinically important, emerging zoonosis. Only Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii have been thought to cause ehrlichiosis in humans in the United States. Patients with suspected ...

There are tick-borne diseases beyond what causes Lyme disease. Different geographies have differing prevalence’s of tick-borne infections. In the northeastern USA, some of the other infectious agents ...

As outdoor activities begin to ramp up ahead of summer, Connecticut officials announced Tuesday that they confirmed the first US case of the invasive longhorned tick carrying Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a ...

Human ehrlichiosis is an acute febrile tick-borne disease that is caused by various species belonging to the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma. The infection is known to cause protracted fever and ...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium responsible for human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Its pathogenesis hinges on the bacterium’s ability to invade mononuclear phagocytes and to ...

Chapel Hill, NC - When a patient presents with signs and symptoms suspicious for a tick-borne illness, medical providers in central North Carolina regularly test for Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain ...