Abstract
E. chaffeensis. E. chaffeensis was isolated in 1991 and formally named after it caused the first human infection in 1986.3, 4 E. chaffeensis exhibits tropism for monocytes/macrophages and causes human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 647-658 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781439812396 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781439812389 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Engineering
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Immunology and Microbiology