| Literature DB >> 10998377 |
A A Kocan1, G C Levesque, L C Whitworth, G L Murphy, S A Ewing, R W Barker.
Abstract
A nested polymerase chain reaction assay was used to determine the presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and northcentral Oklahoma. Of the 21 coyotes examined, 15 (71%) were positive for E. chaffeensis DNA; none was positive for E. canis or E. ewingii. Results suggest that E. chaffeensis infections are common in free-ranging coyotes in Oklahoma and that these wild canids could play a role in the epidemiology of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10998377 PMCID: PMC2627953 DOI: 10.3201/eid0605.000505
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883