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

  • John E. Madigan*
  • , Jeffrey E. Barlough
  • , J. Stephen Dumler
  • , Ned S. Schankman
  • , Elfriede DeRock
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)434-435
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume34
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

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