Exposure to deer blood may be a cause of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
Bakken
J S
JS
Section of Infectious Diseases, Duluth Clinic, Minnesota 55805, USA.
Krueth
J K
JK
Lund
T
T
Malkovitch
D
D
Asanovich
K
K
Dumler
J S
JS
D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003670:Deer / Q000097:blood* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission*; D005511:Food Handling; D006098:Granulocytes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial