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Ehrlichia
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Definition
: Small, often pleomorphic, coccoid to ellipsoidal organisms occurring intracytoplasmically in circulating LYMPHOCYTES. They are the etiologic agents of tick-borne diseases of humans; DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and HORSES.
infection
Examples
Ehrlichia canis
;
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
;
Ehrlichia ruminantium
Other names
Ehrlichia ewingii; Cowdria