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Article: Ehrlichiosis
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Ehrlichiosis
What Is Ehrlichiosis?
What Happens When People Get Ehrlichiosis?
Can Ehrlichiosis Be Prevented?
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Ehrlichiosis (air-lik-e-O-sis) is an infectious disease caused by various strains of Ehrlichia (air-LIH-kee-uh) bacteria, transmitted to humans by ticks.
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Arthropod-borne infections
Ehrlichia sennetsu
Lyme disease
Rickettsial infections
Sennetsu fever
Tick-borne infections
Caused by an organism once thought to infect only dogs, sheep, cattle, goats, and horses, ehrlichiosis was first discovered in humans in 1953 when researchers in Japan found that Sennetsu fever, an illness that ...