2000
DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES REACTIVE WITH EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS IN THE RACCOON
Comer J, Nicholson W, Paddock C, Sumner J, Childs J. DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES REACTIVE WITH EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS IN THE RACCOON. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 2000, 36: 705-712. PMID: 11085432, DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.705.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Ehrlichiosis in a Golf-Oriented Retirement Community
Standaert S, Dawson J, Schaffner W, Childs J, Biggie K, Singleton J, Gerhardt R, Knight M, Hutcheson R. Ehrlichiosis in a Golf-Oriented Retirement Community. New England Journal Of Medicine 1995, 333: 420-425. PMID: 7616991, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199508173330704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE. chaffeensis infectionCase-control studySerologic testingCommunity AMedical history reviewLone star tickRisk of infectionCommunity BAnnual incidenceSerologic evidencePolymerase chain reactionTick biteRetirement communityInfectionEhrlichiosisEndemic diseaseChain reactionEhrlichia chaffeensisHigh rateSurvey participantsPercentTicksInsect repellentOutbreakRecreational activities
1994
Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis
Dawson J, Stallknecht D, Howerth E, Warner C, Biggie K, Davidson W, Lockhart J, Nettles V, Olson J, Childs J. Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 1994, 32: 2725-2728. PMID: 7852563, PMCID: PMC264150, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.11.2725-2728.1994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman ehrlichiosisE. canisE. chaffeensisEtiologic agentAbsence of seroconversionEhrlichia chaffeensisMacrophage-type cellsE. chaffeensis infectionLymph nodesPeripheral bloodClinical diseaseDay 10InfectionEhrlichia canisEhrlichiosisAntibodiesWhite-tailed deerChaffeensisNegative controlCanisReservoir hostsCompetent reservoirsWeeksTick vectorSeroconversion