Ehrlichia muris in Ixodes cookei Ticks, Northeastern United States, 2016–2017
- Guang Xu
- Patrick Pearson
- Stephen M. Rich
Publication date
June 2018
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ISSN
1080-6040 Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Ehrlichia muris is an agent of human ehrlichiosis. To determine its geographic spread in the United States, during 2016–2017, we tested 8,760 ticks from 45 states. A distinct clade of E. muris found in 3 Ixodes cookei ticks from the northeastern United States suggests transmission by these ticks in this region
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