"Ehrlichia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Small, often pleomorphic, coccoid to ellipsoidal organisms occurring intracytoplasmically in circulating LYMPHOCYTES. They are the etiologic agents of tick-borne diseases of humans; DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and HORSES.
| Descriptor ID |
D004536
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.040.287 B03.660.050.020.287
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ehrlichia" by people in Profiles.
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Identification of a p28 gene in Ehrlichia ewingii: evaluation of gene for use as a target for a species-specific PCR diagnostic assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Nov; 39(11):3871-6.
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Infections with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in persons coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Nov 01; 33(9):1586-94.