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Persistent
Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in white-tailed deer.
Post-release from the hospital, results came back seropositive (private laboratory, Tampa) for
Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME).
Andrea Varela-Stokes concentrated mainly on
Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), and Borrelia lonestari (Figure 5), putative agent of "southern tick-associated rash illness" (STARI) in her PhD and post-doctoral work.
Further evaluation revealed positive serology for
Ehrlichia chaffeensis with an initial titer of 64 during the first week's test, 128 for the second week, and a maximum of 1024 by the third week.
Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular, tick-transmitted bacterium that is maintained in nature in a cycle involving at least one and perhaps several vertebrate reservoir hosts.
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) is a vector-borne disease transmitted through the bite of Ixodid ticks carrying the obligate intraleucocytic bacterium
Ehrlichia chaffeensis. E.
Tetracycline, too, is effective against Borrelia burgdorferi and
Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the causes of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and ehrlichiosis, respectively.
