Climate change may be helping longhorned ticks spread Ehrlichiosis across the U.S. more effectively. The infection hospitalizes around 60% of patients and can be fatal.

Public health agencies are urging people to take precautions when spending time outdoors, such as using insect repellent and ...

Ehrlichiosis represents a group of infections that are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria from the bacterial family Anaplasmataceae (chiefly belonging to the genus Ehrlichia and Anaplasma ...

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is a tick-borne illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The distribution of this rickettsial disease parallels that of its major tick vectors, the Lone Star ...

The invasive longhorned tick species is posing new health risks as scientists warn that it could potentially lead to an ...

Normal ehrlichiosis symptoms usually begin five to 14 days after a tick bite, Dr. Sanjeev Swami, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children ...

Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that occurs in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide The NT's chief veterinary officer, Sue Fitzpatrick, says ehrlichiosis is now in most local ...

Ehrlichiosis attacks a dog's immune system and can result in symptoms such as fever, corneal oedema (cloudy eyes), lethargy, enlarged lymph nodes, bleeding from the nose, under-skin bleeding and ...

Canine ehrlichiosis has 3 disease phases: - acute - subclinical - chronic The severity of clinical signs can vary considerably among dogs. The incubation period for the development of acute ...

Human ehrlichiosis is a potentially fatal condition that belongs to this group comprising two similar clinical entities – human monocytic ehrlichiosis (caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and ...

Twenty-five patients had uneventful medical courses whereas 7 (22%) of the patients required intensive care admission, with 4 of them (13%) requiring mechanical ventilation for a median of 11.5 ...