• Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular, Gram-negative species of Rickettsiales bacteria. It is a zoonotic pathogen transmitted to humans by the lone star tick...
  • Bacteria from the genus Ehrlichia have long been recognized as veterinary pathogens, but the first human case of ehrlichiosis was not identified until 1986.
  • Ehrlichiosis is the general name used to describe diseases caused by the bacteria Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, or E...
  • Increasing incidence of ehrlichiosis in the United States: a summary of national surveillance of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii infections in...
  • A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Proteobacteria; Class: Alphaproteobacteria; Order: Rickettsiales...
  • The first diagnosed case of human ehrlichiosis in the United States occurred in a 51-year-old man who became ill in April 1986...
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), a tick-borne zoonotic disease.
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis are small, obligately intracellular, endosomal bacteria with tropism for macrophages.
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular bacterium and the etiologic agent of the emerging life-threatening human zoonosis...