This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Arens, M. Q. Articles by Storch, G. A. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Arens, M. Q. Articles by Storch, G. A.

Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in the Blood of Wild White-Tailed Deer in Missouri by PCR Assay and Serologic Analysis

Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital,¹ Clinical Virology Laboratory, St. Louis Children's Hospital,⁴ Departments of Medicine,² Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,⁶ Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri,³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia⁵

Received 17 May 2002/ Returned for modification 2 September 2002/ Accepted 15 December 2002

Blood samples collected from wild deer in Missouri in November of 2000 and 2001 were positive by PCR assays for Ehrlichia chaffeensis (50 of 217; 23%), Ehrlichia ewingii (44 of 217; 20%), and Anaplasma species (214 of 217; 99%). Nucleotide sequences of selected amplicons from the assay for anaplasma matched sequences of the white-tailed deer agent. Serologic analysis of 112 deer sampled in 2000 showed a very high prevalence of antibodies to E. chaffeensis (97 of 112; 87%) and a low prevalence of antibodies reactive with Anaplasma phagocytophila (2 of 112; 2%).

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Yabsley, M. J., Loftis, A. D., Little, S. E. (2008). NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) FROM THE UNITED STATES WITH AN EHRLICHIA SP. CLOSELY RELATED TO EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM. J Wildl Dis 44: 381-387 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Kawahara, M., Rikihisa, Y., Lin, Q., Isogai, E., Tahara, K., Itagaki, A., Hiramitsu, Y., Tajima, T. (2006). Novel Genetic Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma centrale, and a Novel Ehrlichia sp. in Wild Deer and Ticks on Two Major Islands in Japan. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1102-1109 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Tate, C. M., Mead, D. G., Luttrell, M. P., Howerth, E. W., Dugan, V. G., Munderloh, U. G., Davidson, W. R. (2005). Experimental Infection of White-Tailed Deer with Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Etiologic Agent of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 3595-3601 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Sirigireddy, K. R., Ganta, R. R. (2005). Multiplex Detection of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Species Pathogens in Peripheral Blood by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction. J. Mol. Diagn. 7: 308-316 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Magnarelli, L. A., IJdo, J. W., Ramakrishnan, U., Henderson, D. W., Stafford, K. C. III, Fikrig, E. (2004). USE OF RECOMBINANT ANTIGENS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI AND ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM IN ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAYS TO DETECT ANTIBODIES IN WHITE-TAILED DEER. J Wildl Dis 40: 249-258 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Liddell, A. M., Stockham, S. L., Scott, M. A., Sumner, J. W., Paddock, C. D., Gaudreault-Keener, M., Arens, M. Q., Storch, G. A. (2003). Predominance of Ehrlichia ewingii in Missouri Dogs. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 4617-4622 [Abstract] [Full Text]