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. 2003 Mar;41(3):1263-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1263-1265.2003.

Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in the blood of wild white-tailed deer in Missouri by PCR assay and serologic analysis

Max Q Arens  1 , Allison M Liddell, Gerald Buening, Monique Gaudreault-Keener, John W Sumner, James A Comer, Richard S Buller, Gregory A Storch
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Detection of Ehrlichia spp. in the blood of wild white-tailed deer in Missouri by PCR assay and serologic analysis

Max Q Arens et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

Blood samples collected from wild deer in Missouri in November of 2000 and 2001 were positive by PCR assays for Ehrlichia chaffeensis (50 of 217; 23%), Ehrlichia ewingii (44 of 217; 20%), and Anaplasma species (214 of 217; 99%). Nucleotide sequences of selected amplicons from the assay for anaplasma matched sequences of the white-tailed deer agent. Serologic analysis of 112 deer sampled in 2000 showed a very high prevalence of antibodies to E. chaffeensis (97 of 112; 87%) and a low prevalence of antibodies reactive with Anaplasma phagocytophila (2 of 112; 2%).

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