Ehrlichia ewingii
Ehrlichia ewingii is a species of rickettsiales bacteria.
Previously known to infect dogs, it has recently been associated with human infection (see Human ewingii ehrlichiosis).
There is currently no serological test. PCR can be used in diagnosis.
The name Ehrlichia ewingii was proposed in 1992.
It is classified as a member of genus Ehrlichia.
The bacteria use ticks as a vector.
See also
References
- ^ Buller RS, Arens M, Hmiel SP, et al. (July 1999). "Ehrlichia ewingii, a newly recognized agent of human ehrlichiosis". N. Engl. J. Med. 341 (3): 148–55. doi:10.1056/NEJM199907153410303. PMID 10403852. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=10403852&promo=ONFLNS19.
- ^ Zhang C, Xiong Q, Kikuchi T, Rikihisa Y (March 2008). "Identification of 19 polymorphic major outer membrane protein genes and their immunogenic peptides in Ehrlichia ewingii for use in a serodiagnostic assay". Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 15 (3): 402–11. doi:10.1128/CVI.00366-07. PMC 2268259. PMID 18094116. http://cvi.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18094116.
- ^ Gusa, Aa; Buller, Rs; Storch, Ga; Huycke, Mm; Machado, Lj; Slater, Ln; Stockham, Sl; Massung, Rf (Nov 2001). "Identification of a p28 gene in Ehrlichia ewingii: evaluation of gene for use as a target for a species-specific PCR diagnostic assay." (Free full text). Journal of clinical microbiology 39 (11): 3871–6. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.11.3871-3876.2001. PMC 88457. PMID 11682500. http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11682500.
- ^ Anderson BE, Greene CE, Jones DC, Dawson JE (April 1992). "Ehrlichia ewingii sp. nov., the etiologic agent of canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42 (2): 299–302. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-2-299. PMID 1581189.
- ^ MeSH Ehrlichia+ewingii
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