Human ehrlichiosis is a recently recognized tick-borne infection. Ehrlichia ewingii has been identified as a cause of human disease in addition to formerly known pathogenic Ehrlichia species.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by alpha proteobacteria
H01142 Ehrlichia ewingii infection
Pathogen
Ehrlichia ewingii
Comment
Other diseases caused by Ehrlichia species include: Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (H01139), Sennetsu neorickettsiosis (H01140), and Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (H01141).
