Emergence of the Ehrlichioses as Human Health Problems

Identification of a granulocytotropic Ehrlichia species as the etiologic agent of human disease

1994 • 981 citations

The Agent of Bacillary Angiomatosis

1990 • 896 citations

Amplification of bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA with polymerase chain reaction

1990 • 631 citations

Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a new species associated with human ehrlichiosis

1991 • 530 citations

Human Infection withEhrlichia canis, a Leukocytic Rickettsia

1987 • 480 citations

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the upper Midwest United States. A new species emerging?

1994 • 463 citations

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

1996 • 441 citations

The tribe Ehrlichieae and ehrlichial diseases

1991 • 436 citations

Isolation and characterization of an Ehrlichia sp. from a patient diagnosed with human ehrlichiosis

1991 • 387 citations

Classification of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in a New Genus, Orientia gen. nov., as Orientia tsutsugamushi comb. nov.

1995 • 362 citations

Ixodes dammini as a Potential Vector of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

1995 • 341 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis in the United States, 1985 to 1990

1994 • 322 citations

Transmission of Ehrlichia canis to dogs by ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus).

1975 • 301 citations

Serologic cross-reactions among Ehrlichia equi, Ehrlichia phagocytophila, and human granulocytic Ehrlichia

1995 • 281 citations

Detection of the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis by polymerase chain reaction

1992 • 263 citations

Amblyomma americanum: a Potential Vector of Human Ehrlichiosis

1993 • 247 citations

Experimental Transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae) Among White-Tailed Deer by Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

1995 • 206 citations

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the etiologic agent of human ehrlichiosis

1994 • 190 citations

Geographic, clinical, serologic, and molecular evidence of granulocytic ehrlichiosis, a likely zoonotic disease, in Minnesota and Wisconsin dogs

1996 • 184 citations

NOTES: Ehrlichia ewingii sp. nov., the Etiologic Agent of Canine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

1992 • 184 citations

Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Laboratory Findings of Human Ehrlichiosis in the United States, 1988

1990 • 174 citations

Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) as a Vector of Ehrlichia equi (Rickettsiales: Ehrlichieae)

1996 • 160 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis in the United States

1990 • 154 citations

Human ehrlichiosis: Hematopathology and immunohistologic detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1993 • 135 citations

Abrogation of gamma interferon-induced inhibition of Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in human monocytes with iron-transferrin

1994 • 134 citations

Hemocytic rickettsia-like organisms in ticks: serologic reactivity with antisera to Ehrlichiae and detection of DNA of agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by PCR

1995 • 132 citations

Persistent Infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1993 • 127 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis in Adults after Tick Exposure: Diagnosis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction

1994 • 127 citations

Ehrlichiosis in a Golf-Oriented Retirement Community

1995 • 126 citations

Susceptibility of dogs to infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis, causative agent of human ehrlichiosis

1992 • 120 citations

Identification of the causative agent of granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Swedish dogs and horses by direct solid phase sequencing of PCR products from the 16S rRNA gene

1995 • 119 citations

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Connecticut: Report of a Fatal Case

1995 • 118 citations

In vitro antibiotic susceptibility of the newly recognized agent of ehrlichiosis in humans, Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1992 • 116 citations

Ehrlichiosis presenting as a life-threatening illness with features of the toxic shock syndrome

1993 • 115 citations

Transmission and Passage in Horses of the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

1995 • 112 citations

Fatal Seronegative Ehrlichiosis in a Patient with HIV Infection

1993 • 106 citations

Seroepidemiology of Infections Due to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Ehrlichia Species in Military Personnel Exposed in Areas of the United States where Such Infections Are Endemic

1995 • 106 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis: Prospective Active Surveillance in Febrile Hospitalized Patients

1989 • 105 citations

Ehrlichia muris sp. nov., Identified on the Basis of 16S rRNA Base Sequences and Serological, Morphological, and Biological Characteristics

1995 • 103 citations

Comparative ultrastructural study on the cell envelopes of Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia rickettsii, and Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

1978 • 98 citations

Experimentally induced infection of dogs, cats, and nonhuman primates with Ehrlichia equi, etiologic agent of equine ehrlichiosis.

1975 • 89 citations

Infection in two dogs with an agent resembling Ehrlichia equi.

1982 • 87 citations

WHITE-TAILED DEER AS A POTENTIAL RESERVOIR OF EHRLICHIA SPP.

1994 • 85 citations

Ultrastructural variation of cultured Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1995 • 85 citations

Development of Ehrlichia canis, causative agent of canine ehrlichiosis, in the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and its differentiation from a symbiotic Rickettsia.

1976 • 84 citations

Isolation and characterization of a new strain of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from a patient with nearly fatal monocytic ehrlichiosis

1995 • 81 citations

Identification of the antigenic constituents of Ehrlichia chaffeensis.

1994 • 81 citations

Diagnosis of Human Ehrlichiosis with the Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test: Kinetics and Specificity

1990 • 80 citations

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Massachusetts

1995 • 80 citations

Identification of Ehrlichia chaffeensis morulae in cerebrospinal fluid mononuclear cells

1992 • 68 citations

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

1996 • 65 citations

The effects of tick-borne fever on some functions of polymorphonuclear cells of sheep

1987 • 64 citations

Lymphocytosis ofγ/δT Cells in Human Ehrlichiosis

1995 • 63 citations

A Case of Human Ehrlichiosis Acquired in Mali: Clinical and Laboratory Findings

1992 • 63 citations

Identification of the Antigenic Constituents of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1994 • 61 citations

TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION OF AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM WITH THE PRESENCE OF EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS REACTIVE ANTIBODIES IN WHITE-TAILED DEER

1995 • 59 citations

Ehrlichiosis--A Cause of Prolonged Fever

1995 • 56 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis in Oklahoma

1989 • 56 citations

Immunosuppression in sheep experimentally infected with Ehrlichia phagocytophila

1994 • 52 citations

Cytœcetes microti, n.g., n.sp., a parasite developing in granulocytes and infective for small rodents

1938 • 52 citations

Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in human tissue by using a species-specific monoclonal antibody

1993 • 51 citations

16S rRNA Gene Sequence of Neorickettsia helminthoeca and Its Phylogenetic Alignment with Members of the Genus Ehrlichia

1995 • 50 citations

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON BOVINE TICK‐BORNE FEVER

1967 • 49 citations

Phylogenetic position ofRickettsia tsutsugamushiand the relationship among its antigenic variants by analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences

1995 • 44 citations

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON BOVINE TICK‐BORNE FEVER.

1967 • 41 citations

Ehrlichia chaffeensis expresses an immunoreactive protein homologous to the Escherichia coli GroEL protein

1993 • 38 citations

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis—New York, 1995

1995 • 35 citations

Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings of human ehrlichiosis in the United States, 1988

1990 • 34 citations

Cultivation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in mouse embryo, Vero, BGM, and L929 cells and study of Ehrlichia-induced cytopathic effect and plaque formation

1995 • 33 citations

Human Ehrlichiosis

1991 • 32 citations

Myocardial involvement in a patient with human ehrlichiosis

1995 • 26 citations

Effect of canine immune serum on the growth of Ehrlichia canis within nonimmune canine macrophages.

1978 • 12 citations

Effect of canine immune macrophages and canine immune serum on the growth of Ehrlichia canis.

1978 • 9 citations