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. 2000 Sep-Oct;6(5):477-80.
doi: 10.3201/eid0605.000505.

Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from Oklahoma

A A Kocan  1 , G C Levesque, L C Whitworth, G L Murphy, S A Ewing, R W Barker
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Naturally occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in coyotes from Oklahoma

A A Kocan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

A nested polymerase chain reaction assay was used to determine the presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and northcentral Oklahoma. Of the 21 coyotes examined, 15 (71%) were positive for E. chaffeensis DNA; none was positive for E. canis or E. ewingii. Results suggest that E. chaffeensis infections are common in free-ranging coyotes in Oklahoma and that these wild canids could play a role in the epidemiology of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis.

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