ehrlichiosis

At the present time no commercial vaccine is available for ehrlichiosis.

It's also responsible for another contribution to human misery, ehrlichiosis.

Barry has seen reports of cases in which ehrlichiosis is passed from mother to fetus.

There are three stages of ehrlichiosis, each varying in severity.

This form is now known as human monocytic ehrlichiosis and about 425 cases have been reported from 30 states, including 10 deaths.

Ehrlichiosis and babesiosis are also carried by the deer mouse.

Ehrlichiosis can be cured with antibiotics in most cases, but the disease is occasionally fatal.

Finally, there was still the possibility of ehrlichiosis.

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis afflicts about 70 people each year in Connecticut.

For example, Lyme disease has often been treated with amoxicillin, which is not effective against ehrlichiosis.

The prognosis is good for dogs with acute ehrlichiosis.

Compared to human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, rash is more common.

Doctors say it is possible to contract both Lyme disease and ehrlichiosis with a single tick bite.

Ehrlichiosis symptoms include severe headache, chills, vomiting and high fever.

It is the causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis.

During the Vietnam War ehrlichiosis became well known as a dog disease due to the infection and death of many military working dogs.

Health officials have been monitoring for cases of hanta virus, ehrlichiosis and other newly detected infections in the four states.

About 15 percent of the 100 patients he is currently treating for either babesiosis or ehrlichiosis acquired Lyme disease at the same time.

Like Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and babesiosis are transmitted by deer ticks.

He thought ehrlichiosis was pretty unlikely.

Ehrlichiosis can also blunt the immune system, which may lead to opportunistic infections such as candidiasis.

"Dogs are magnets for ticks and should give a much clearer picture of how widespread ehrlichiosis is in Westchester," he said.

He had found the bacteria's DNA in the patient's blood; she had ehrlichiosis.

E. chafeensis causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis and is known to infect monocytes.

With a vaccine not available to protect humans from the tick-borne diseases, the focus is on holding the spread of Lyme and ehrlichiosis at bay.