Human infection with Ehrlichia canis accompanied by clinical signs in Venezuela

被引：222

作者：

Perez, Miriam

Bodor, Mairim

Zhang, Chunbin

Xiong, Qingmin

Rikihisa, Yasuko

机构：

[1] Ohio State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Dept Vet Biosci, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[2] Univ Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Dept Med & Cirugia, Decanato Cienccias Vet, Lara, Venezuela

[3] Hosp Cent Antonio Maria Pineda, Serv Emergencia Adultos, Barquisimeto Ed, Lara, Venezuela

来源：

CENTURY OF RICKETTSIOLOGY: EMERGING, REEMERGING RICKETTSIOSES, MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS, AND EMERGING VETERINARY RICKETTSIOSES | 2006年 / 1078卷

关键词：

16s rRNA; Ehrlichia canis; human; infection; Venezuela;

D O I：

10.1196/annals.1374.016

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

A total of 20 human patients with clinical signs compatible with human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), who were admitted to the emergency clinic in Lara State, Venezuela, were studied. Thirty percent (6/20) patients were positive for Ehrlichia canis 16S rRNA on gene-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Compared with the U.S. strains, 16S rRNA gene sequences from all six patients had the same base mutation as the sequence of the E. canis Venezuelan human Ehrlichia (VHE) strain previously isolated from an asymptornatic human. This study is the first report of E. canis infection of human patients with clinical signs of HME.

引用

页码：110 / 117

页数：8

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