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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 02 1996, 434-435, Vol 34, No. 2
Copyright © 1996 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Connecticut caused by an agent resembling the human granulocytotropic ehrlichia

JE Madigan, JE Barlough, JS Dumler, NS Schankman and E DeRock
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA. jemadigan@ucdavis.edu

The first recognized cases of equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis in New England are described. The DNA sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of the causative ehrlichia was found to be identical to that of the human granulocytotropic ehrlichia, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.


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