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	Ehrlichiosis
		In the United States, ehrlichiosis is mainly found in the southeastern and south central regions of the country, although it has been known to occur in certain northern states as well.
		Ehrlichiosis cannot be spread from person to person or by direct contact with an infected animal.
		Ehrlichiosis is treated with a tetracycline antibiotic, usually doxycycline.
	healthvermont.gov /prevent/ehrlichiosis/Ehrlichiosis.aspx (545 words)

	Ehrlichiosis \| Caremark Health Resources
		Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial infection that is spread by ticks.
		Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by infection with Ehrlichia bacteria.
		Ehrlichiosis may be diagnosed and treated by doctors who specialize in blood diseases (hematologists) or an infectious disease specialist.
	healthresources.caremark.com /topic/topic100586747 (529 words)

	Ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis is bacterial illness transmitted by ticks that produces flu-like symptoms.
		Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are most common in spring and summer, when ticks are active and you're more likely to be outdoors enjoying activities such as gardening, hiking or camping.
		Most cases of ehrlichiosis occur from May to July when populations of the Lone Star tick are at their peak and people are outside for activities such as hiking, gardening and camping.
	www.cnn.com /HEALTH/library/DS/00702.html (1777 words)

	Human Ehrlichiosis : Bureau of Communicable Disease : NYC DOHMH
		Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne infection caused by bacteria.
		Ehrlichiosis and/or anaplasmosis is spread by the bite of an infected tick.
		Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis are diagnosed by demonstrating the bacteria in the blood, or by a specific antibody test.
	www.nyc.gov /html/doh/html/cd/cdehr.shtml (571 words)

	Ehrlichiosis
		Erhlichiosis is an infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a tick.
		Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by Ehrlichia organisms.
		The infectious organism of ehrlichiosis is transmitted to humans by the bite of a tick.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/001381.htm (388 words)

	Ehrlichiosis Facts
		Ehrlichiosis [air-lick-ee-OH-sis] is a newly recognized bacterial disease that is spread by infected ticks.
		Ehrlichiosis is a newly recognized and potentially life-threatening disease that is spread by ticks.
		Ehrlichiosis does not appear to result in the long-term, arthritis-like symptoms sometimes associated with Lyme disease.
	www.astdhpphe.org /infect/ehrlichiosis.html (712 words)

	OSU Veterinary Parasitology - Ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis is a disease that affects a variety of animals including human beings; caused by obligatorily intracellular bacteria belonging to the genus Ehrlichia (Classification in Fig.
		risticii infection is absent in equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
		Ehrlichia bovis is the cause of bovine mononuclear or agranulocytic ehrlichiosis in cattle.
	www.cvm.okstate.edu /instruction/mm_curr/Ehrlichiosis/Ehrlichiosis.htm (1235 words)

	Canine Ehrlichiosis
		Canine ehrlichiosis is a disease of dogs and wild canids (e.g., wolves) and is found worldwide.
		Canine ehrlichiosis is also known by other names such as "tracker dog disease", "tropical canine pancytopenia", "canine hemorrhagic fever", and "canine typhus".
		If a large number of cases of ehrlichiosis are diagnosed in an area, some veterinarians recommend placing dogs on low doses of tetracycline or doxycycline during the tick season.
	www.pekesandpals.org /ticks.htm (1102 words)

	Ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis [air-lick-ee-OH-sis] is a newly recognized bacterial disease that is spread by infected ticks.
		Ehrlichiosis is a newly recognized and potentially life-threatening disease that is spread by ticks.
		Because diagnostic tests are not widely available, the diagnosis of ehrlichiosis is usually based on symptoms and a history of exposure to ticks.
	www.nddh.org /Ehrlichiosis.htm (732 words)

	NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Service: Ehrlichiosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ehrlichiosis is an illness caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia.
		Human ehrlichiosis is a newly recognized disease in the United States.
		Ehrlichiosis is spread by the bite of an infected tick.
	www.state.nj.us /health/cd/f_ehrlichiosis.htm (327 words)

	Oklahoma State Department of Health Tickborne Illness
		Treatment for ehrlichiosis with antibiotics (usually doxycycline) is very effective at reducing the severity of the disease.
		The rate of reported ehrlichiosis cases was highest among persons in the age groups from 50 to 69 years.
		Geographically, the majority of ehrlichiosis cases are reported from counties in eastern half of Oklahoma.
	www.health.state.ok.us /program/cdd/ehrlichiosis.html (613 words)

	Ehrlichiosis - Fairfax County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ehrlichiosis, is an acute disease of humans and animals caused by bacteria called Ehrlichia that attack white blood cells.
		Ehrlichiosis is found in almost any area of the United States and in many foreign countries as well.
		The ticks that spread ehrlichiosis are the deer tick, the dog tick and the Lone Star tick.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /hd/westnile/wnvehrl.htm (393 words)

	Ehrlichiosis resource page - canine ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis is also refered to as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, and tracker dog disease.
		The brown ehrlichiosis splenomegaly dog tick, or Rhipicephalus sanguineous, that passes the Ehrlichia to the dog is prevalent throughout most of the United States, but most cases tend to occur in the Southwest and Gulf ehrlichiosis and rash Coast regions where there is a high concentration of the tick.
		Human ehrlichiosis is human granulocytic ehrlichiosis a zoonotic infection in humans transmitted by a variety of tick species.
	www.globalcpr.com /med-top/Ehrlichiosis.html (1106 words)

	EHRLICHIOSIS
		Ehrlichiosis is a disease of humans and animals caused by bacteria named Ehrlichia.
		Illness due to ehrlichiosis can be so mild that no medical care is sought or the illness can be severe and sometimes fatal.
		Treatment with antibiotics should be considered if ehrlichiosis is suspected because delayed treatment while awaiting laboratory confirmation of the disease may increase the risk for adverse outcomes.
	www.idph.state.il.us /public/hb/hbehrlic.htm (763 words)

	Kentucky: Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis is caused by several bacterial species in the genus Ehrlichia that affect humans and animals.
		Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) from infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis is the ehrlichial disease most often reported in Kentucky and other southeastern and midwestern states.
		Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is spread by the bite of an infected tick.
	chfs.ky.gov /dph/Ehrlichiosis.htm (626 words)

	eMedicine - Ehrlichiosis : Article by Burke A Cunha, MD, MACP
		Ehrlichiosis occurs where mammalian hosts are in contact with the appropriate tick vector, ie, A americanum, D variabilis, Ixodes ticks.
		Evidence for vasculitis is not observed in ehrlichiosis as it is in RMSF.
		The petechial rash of RMSF is conspicuous by its absence in ehrlichiosis.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic3391.htm (2846 words)

	E - Ehrlichia
		Ehrlichiosis is caused by the rickettsial organism Ehrlichia canis.
		For ehrlichiosis, the most common vector is the brown dog tick.
		For this reason, ehrlichiosis occurs anywhere this tick occurs.
	www.vetinfo.com /dencyclopedia/deehrlichia.html (640 words)

	Ehrlichiosis
		In 1990, the agent of human ehrlichiosis was isolated from the blood of a U.S. Army reservist at Fort Chaffee, AR (Dawson et al.
		In order to meet the current case definition for human ehrlichiosis, a 4-fold rise or fall in antibody titer must be demonstrated.
		Both human ehrlichiosis and HGE appear to be arthropod- borne, with ticks thought to be the likely vectors.
	chppm-www.apgea.army.mil /ento/erlichio.htm (1000 words)

	Ehrlichiosis
		Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease which can be caused by either of two different organisms.
		Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, which is transmitted by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).
		Ehrlichiosis is transmitted by the bite of infected ticks, including the deer tick and the lone star tick.
	www.health.state.ny.us /diseases/communicable/ehrlichiosis/fact_sheet.htm (927 words)

	The Human Ehrlichiosis in the United States, questions and answers
		Ehrlichiosis is the general name used to describe several bacterial diseases that affect animals and humans.
		A diagnosis of ehrlichiosis is based on a combination of clinical signs and symptoms and confirmatory laboratory tests.
		Ehrlichiosis is treated with a tetracycline antibiotic, usually doxycycline.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dvrd/ehrlichia/Q&A/Q&A.htm (1053 words)

	VetMedCenter - Consumer - Article Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by an organism, called Ehrlichia, which is transmitted through the saliva of the Brown Dog Tick.
		The chronic stage of the disease often is characterized by anemia (low number of red blood cells), eye infections, spontaneous nosebleeds, bleeding in the retina of the eye, and swelling of the limbs.
		Ehrlichiosis can be diagnosed through serological testing that looks for antibodies (specific proteins) that are made by the body, in response to the infection.
	consumer.vetmedcenter.com /consumer/display.asp?dt=v&id=8683 (413 words)

	Ehrlichiosis Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ehrlichiosis is an acute disease of humans and animals caused by a group of bacteria named Ehrlichia.
		One type of ehrlichiosis, caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis, occurs primarily in the south central and southeastern United States.
		In the upper Midwest, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis is transmitted by the deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), the same tick responsible for the spread of Lyme disease.
	dhfs.wisconsin.gov /communicable/communicable/factsheets/Ehrlichiosis.htm (638 words)

	9-98 Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Canine ehrlichiosis is classified by the cellular trophism of the infecting organisms.
		Feline ehrlichiosis is an emerging infectious disease recognized in Europe, Africa and North America.
		In acute ehrlichiosis, dogs will be seronegative during the initial 3 weeks of disease.
	www.antechdiagnostics.com /clients/antechNews/1998/9-98.htm (1273 words)

	WSAVA 2001 - Ehrlichiosis: New Developments
		The infrequent diagnosis of ehrlichiosis in cats may be related to a number of factors including a general under-recognition of tick-borne diseases in cats, decreased pathogenicity of tick-borne pathogens in cats as compared to other species, or the more rapid removal of ticks from cats resulting in decreased opportunity for disease transmission.
		A recent experimental study documented treatment failure in three of five dogs treated with 10 mg/kg of doxycycline for seven days.(5) Generally, a duration of therapy longer than seven days is recommended; therefore, the relevance of this experimental observation to treatment outcome in natural infection awaits additional study.
		Clinical abnormalities were described for six dogs with atypical ehrlichiosis, including lethargy, vague signs of abdominal discomfort with intermittent vomiting, persistent bleeding or petechial hemorrhages, polyarthritis, dependent edema, and posterior paralysis.
	www.vin.com /VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00143.htm (1750 words)

	Zoonosis: Ehrlichiosis (Revised 1994)
		A: A total of 320 cases of human monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by E chaffeensis from 27 states were confirmed by laboratory diagnosis between 1985 and 1993.
		Human ehrlichiosis is a potentially fatal illness that manifests itself in nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms and may be confused with Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Lyme disease.
		Essential to reducing morbidity attributable to human ehrlichiosis is that clinicians recognize the possibility of ehrlichiosis among patients with signs and symptoms compatible with a diagnosis of ehrlichiosis and who either report tick bite or have been exposed to tick infestation.
	www.avma.org /reference/zoonosis/znehrlic.asp (1022 words)

	DMID/ORD Workshop on Human Ehrlichiosis - Office of Rare Diseases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		A total of 415 cases of ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1985 through 1995.
		Prior to 1994, ehrlichiosis patients under 10 years of age were underrepresented, but recent data have shown that cases occur in this age group more frequently than those in the next two 10-year age groups.
		Ehrlichiosis is not a nationally notifiable disease, but several states have made it reportable.
	rarediseases.info.nih.gov /html/workshops/workshops/human-ehrlichiosis960925.html (3600 words)

	Ehrlichiosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ehrlichiosis (also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, and tropical canine pancytopenia) is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the organism Ehrlichia canis, or less commonly Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E.
		During the Vietnam War ehrlichiosis became well known as a dog disease due to the infection and death of many military working dogs.
		Treatment for ehrlichiosis involves the use of antibiotics such as tetracycline or doxycycline for a period of at least six to eight weeks; response to the drugs may take one month.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ehrlichiosis (867 words)

	Ehrlichiosis - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Ehrlichiosis (also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, and tropical canine pancytopenia) is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the organism Ehrlichia canis, or less commonly Ehrlichia chaffenesis and E.
		Detailed information about the causes of Ehrlichiosis including medication causes and drug interaction causes can be found in our causes pages.
		With a diagnosis of Ehrlichiosis, it is also important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Ehrlichiosis.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /e/ehrlichiosis/intro.htm (495 words)

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