"Ehrlichiosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A tick-borne disease characterized by FEVER; HEADACHE; myalgias; ANOREXIA; and occasionally RASH. It is caused by several bacterial species and can produce disease in DOGS; CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; HORSES; and humans. The primary species causing human disease are EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; and Ehrlichia ewingii.
| Descriptor ID |
D016873
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.054.160 C01.252.400.825.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Ehrlichiosis- Ehrlichiosis
- Ehrlichioses
- Ehrlichia Infection
- Ehrlichia Infections
- Infection, Ehrlichia
- Infections, Ehrlichia
Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection- Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infections
- Infection, Ehrlichia chaffeensis
- Infections, Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichia ewingii Infection- Ehrlichia ewingii Infection
- Ehrlichia ewingii Infections
- Infections, Ehrlichia ewingii
- E. ewingii Infection
- E. ewingii Infections
Human Ehrlichiosis- Human Ehrlichiosis
- Ehrlichioses, Human
- Ehrlichiosis, Human
- Human Ehrlichioses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ehrlichiosis" by people in Profiles.
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Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Zentmaier L, Liveris D, Visintainer P, Schwartz I, Dumler JS, Wormser GP. Culture and other direct detection methods to diagnose human granulocytic anaplasmosis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Feb 12; 163(2):313-319.
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Xu G, Pearson P, Rich SM. Ehrlichia muris in Ixodes cookei Ticks, Northeastern United States, 2016-2017. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 06; 24(6):1143-1144.
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Kobayashi KJ, Weil AA, Branda JA. Case 16-2018: A 45-Year-Old Man with Fever, Thrombocytopenia, and Elevated Aminotransferase Levels. N Engl J Med. 2018 May 24; 378(21):2023-2029.
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Walk ST, Xu G, Stull JW, Rich SM. Correlation between tick density and pathogen endemicity, New Hampshire. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr; 15(4):585-7.
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Pedra JH, Mattner J, Tao J, Kerfoot SM, Davis RJ, Flavell RA, Askenase PW, Yin Z, Fikrig E. c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase 2 inhibits gamma interferon production during Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. Infect Immun. 2008 Jan; 76(1):308-16.
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Byrnes V, Chopra S, Koziel MJ. Resolution of chronic hepatitis C following parasitosis. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Aug 21; 13(31):4268-9.
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Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 01; 43(9):1089-134.