Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Connecticut caused by an agent resembling the human granulocytotropic ehrlichia.
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.
Madigan
J E
JE
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. jemadigan@ucdavis.edu
Barlough
J E
JE
Dumler
J S
JS
Schankman
N S
NS
DeRock
E
E
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S