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SUBMITTER: Arens MQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC150261 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arens Max Q MQ Liddell Allison M AM Buening Gerald G Gaudreault-Keener Monique M Sumner John W JW Comer James A JA Buller Richard S RS Storch Gregory A GA
Journal of clinical microbiology 20030301 3
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 ...[more]