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Article: Statewide Surveillance for Ehrlichiosis -- Connecticut and New York, 1994-1997.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- June 19, 1998
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In the United States, human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) represent two clinically indistinguishable yet epidemiologically and etiologically distinct diseases caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a bacterium similar or identical to E. equi, respectively. Infection with these emerging tickborne pathogens results in acute, influenza-like illnesses with fever, headache, malaise, and frequently leukopenia and/or thrombocytopenia. Connecticut and New York have initiated statewide laboratory-based surveillance to determine the magnitude and geographic extent of ehrlichiosis. This report summarizes results from the first 3 years of ...
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