Retrospective Serosurvey for Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Urban White-footed Mice from Maryland

Joseph E. Bunnell; Dumler J. Stephen; James E. Childs; Gregory E. Glass

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.179

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1 January 1998 Retrospective Serosurvey for Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Urban White-footed Mice from Maryland

Joseph E. Bunnell, Dumler J. Stephen, James E. Childs, Gregory E. Glass

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 34(1):179-181 (1998). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.179

Abstract

Archived serum samples from 111 Peromyscus leucopus, collected 1984–88 in Baltimore City (Maryland, USA), were analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Sera from two (2%) individuals contained antibodies reactive to Ehrlichia equi and the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent. This suggests that the HGE agent or an antigenically related organism has been present in rodent populations in this locality for more than a decade, and was present in the region at least 12 yr before a case of human disease was recognized.

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Joseph E. Bunnell, Dumler J. Stephen, James E. Childs, and Gregory E. Glass "Retrospective Serosurvey for Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Urban White-footed Mice from Maryland," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(1), 179-181, (1 January 1998). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.179

Received: 16 April 1997; Published: 1 January 1998

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