Diseases

Ehrlichiosis

A tick-borne disease characterized by FEVER; HEADACHE; myalgias; ANOREXIA; and occasionally RASH. It is caused by several bacterial species and can produce disease in DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; HORSES; and humans. The primary species causing human disease are EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; and Ehrlichia ewingii.

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A tick-borne disease characterized by FEVER; HEADACHE; myalgias; ANOREXIA; and occasionally RASH. It is caused by several bacterial species and can produce disease in DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; HORSES; and humans. The primary species causing human disease are EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; and Ehrlichia ewingii.

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  • Ehrlichia Infection
  • Ehrlichia Infections
  • Ehrlichioses
  • E chaffeensis Infection
  • E ewingii Infection
  • E. chaffeensis Infection
  • E. ewingii Infection
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection
  • Ehrlichia ewingii Infection
  • Human Ehrlichiosis
  • E chaffeensis Infections
  • E ewingii Infections
  • E. ewingii Infections
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infections
  • Ehrlichia ewingii Infections
  • Human Ehrlichioses
  • Infection, E chaffeensis
  • Infection, E. chaffeensis
  • Infections, E chaffeensis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • Ehrlichia (1975-1991)
  • Rickettsiaceae Infections (1975-1991)

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  1. C01w.150.252w.400w.054.750w
  2. C01w.920.930w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ehrlichiosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016873. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016873
  2. Ehrlichiosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlichiosis
  3. Ehrlichiosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845432