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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2000, p. 448-449, Vol. 38, No. 1
0095-1137/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Natural Infection of Domestic Goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis

Vivien G. Dugan,1 Susan E. Little,1,* David E. Stallknecht,2 and Ashley D. Beall1

Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology1 and Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study,2 College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Received 21 July 1999/Returned for modification 31 August 1999/Accepted 19 October 1999

Thirty-eight domestic goats from an area of Ehrlichia chaffeensis endemicity were tested for antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis and for E. chaffeensis-specific 16S rRNA gene fragments by an indirect fluorescent antibody test and a nested PCR assay, respectively. Twenty-eight of 38 (73.7%) goats had antibodies reactive to E. chaffeensis (>= 1:128), and 6 of 38 (15.8%) goats were positive by diagnostic PCR; E. chaffeensis was isolated in cell culture from one goat. Our data indicate that goats in areas of endemicity are naturally exposed to and infected with E. chaffeensis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone: (706) 542-8447. Fax: (706) 542-0059. E-mail: slittle{at}calc.vet.uga.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2000, p. 448-449, Vol. 38, No. 1
0095-1137/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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