Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a Roe Deer Calf in Norway

Snorre Stuen; Eva Olsson Engvall; Ingrid van de Pol; Leo M. Schouls

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.614

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1 July 2001 Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a Roe Deer Calf in Norway

Snorre Stuen, Eva Olsson Engvall, Ingrid van de Pol, Leo M. Schouls

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 37(3):614-617 (2001). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.614

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A case of granulocytic ehrlichiosis is described in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) calf from Norway. The calf was heavily infested with Ixodes ricinus and died from Escherichia coli septicemia. Granulocytic Ehrlichia sp. was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from several organs and sequence determination identified a variant of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent. This is the first report of a possible clinical granulocytic Ehrlichia sp. infection in a roe deer.

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Snorre Stuen, Eva Olsson Engvall, Ingrid van de Pol, and Leo M. Schouls "Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a Roe Deer Calf in Norway," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3), 614-617, (1 July 2001). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.614

Received: 28 August 2000; Published: 1 July 2001

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