ehrlichiosis
noun
Note: Following taxonomic reclassification of the causative agent (Ehrlichia phagocytophila) of the granulocytic form of human ehrlichiosis as an anaplasma (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), the disease is now referred to as either human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, or simply, anaplasmosis.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
The front-line treatment for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis is a different antibiotic, doxycycline.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
The creatures’ bites can spread a range of rarer illnesses, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Powassan virus disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and alpha-gal syndrome.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 31 May 2024
Ticks, for instance, can transmit infections that cause Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Ehrlichiosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ehrlichiosis. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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ehrlichiosis
noun
Note: When ehrlichiosis occurs in humans, the disease is often referred to as human granulocytic ehrlichiosis or human monocytic ehrlichiosis depending on the type of white blood cell (granulocyte or monocyte) infected. Following reclassification of the causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis to the genus Anaplasma, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis is now also called human granulocytic anaplasmosis or simply, anaplasmosis.
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