MeSH Review:
Ehrlichia
- Highly conserved regions of the immunodominant major surface protein 2 of the genogroup II ehrlichial pathogen Anaplasma marginale are rich in naturally derived CD4+ T lymphocyte epitopes that elicit strong recall responses. Brown, W.C., McGuire, T.C., Zhu, D., Lewin, H.A., Sosnow, J., Palmer, G.H. J. Immunol. (2001)
- Doxycycline hyclate treatment of experimental canine ehrlichiosis followed by challenge inoculation with two Ehrlichia canis strains. Breitschwerdt, E.B., Hegarty, B.C., Hancock, S.I. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1998)
- Cloning of the gene encoding the 44-kilodalton antigen of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and characterization of the humoral response. Ijdo, J.W., Sun, W., Zhang, Y., Magnarelli, L.A., Fikrig, E. Infect. Immun. (1998)
- In vitro activities of telithromycin (HMR 3647) against Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia prowazekii, Coxiella burnetii, Bartonella henselae, Bartonella quintana, Bartonella bacilliformis, and Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Rolain, J.M., Maurin, M., Bryskier, A., Raoult, D. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2000)
- Citrate synthase gene sequence: a new tool for phylogenetic analysis and identification of Ehrlichia. Inokuma, H., Brouqui, P., Drancourt, M., Raoult, D. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2001)
- Ehrlichia ewingii, a newly recognized agent of human ehrlichiosis. Buller, R.S., Arens, M., Hmiel, S.P., Paddock, C.D., Sumner, J.W., Rikhisa, Y., Unver, A., Gaudreault-Keener, M., Manian, F.A., Liddell, A.M., Schmulewitz, N., Storch, G.A. N. Engl. J. Med. (1999)
- Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in the upper Midwest United States. A new species emerging? Bakken, J.S., Dumler, J.S., Chen, S.M., Eckman, M.R., Van Etta, L.L., Walker, D.H. JAMA (1994)
- Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings of human ehrlichiosis in the United States, 1988. Eng, T.R., Harkess, J.R., Fishbein, D.B., Dawson, J.E., Greene, C.N., Redus, M.A., Satalowich, F.T. JAMA (1990)
- Energy metabolism of monocytic Ehrlichia. Weiss, E., Williams, J.C., Dasch, G.A., Kang, Y.H. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1989)
- Glycosylation of homologous immunodominant proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis. McBride, J.W., Yu, X.J., Walker, D.H. Infect. Immun. (2000)
- An immunoreactive 38-kilodalton protein of Ehrlichia canis shares structural homology and iron-binding capacity with the ferric ion-binding protein family. Doyle, C.K., Zhang, X., Popov, V.L., McBride, J.W. Infect. Immun. (2005)
- Identification of the protective 44-kilodalton recombinant antigen of Ehrlichia risticii. Shankarappa, B., Dutta, S.K., Mattingly-Napier, B. Infect. Immun. (1992)
- Nitric oxide is produced by Cowdria ruminantium-infected bovine pulmonary endothelial cells in vitro and is stimulated by gamma interferon. Mutunga, M., Preston, P.M., Sumption, K.J. Infect. Immun. (1998)
- Essential role for humoral immunity during Ehrlichia infection in immunocompetent mice. Yager, E., Bitsaktsis, C., Nandi, B., McBride, J.W., Winslow, G. Infect. Immun. (2005)
- Exploitation of interleukin-8-induced neutrophil chemotaxis by the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Akkoyunlu, M., Malawista, S.E., Anguita, J., Fikrig, E. Infect. Immun. (2001)
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum has a functional msp2 gene that is distinct from p44. Lin, Q., Rikihisa, Y., Felek, S., Wang, X., Massung, R.F., Woldehiwet, Z. Infect. Immun. (2004)
- Analysis of 16S rRNA and 51-kilodalton antigen gene and transmission in mice of Ehrlichia risticii in virgulate trematodes from Elimia livescens snails in Ohio. Kanter, M., Mott, J., Ohashi, N., Fried, B., Reed, S., Lin, Y.C., Rikihisa, Y. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2000)
- Characterization of the SF agent, an Ehrlichia sp. isolated from the fluke Stellantchasmus falcatus, by 16S rRNA base sequence, serological, and morphological analyses. Wen, B., Rikihisa, Y., Yamamoto, S., Kawabata, N., Fuerst, P.A. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1996)
- Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-10 in the pathogenesis of severe murine monocytotropic ehrlichiosis: increased resistance of TNF receptor p55- and p75-deficient mice to fatal ehrlichial infection. Ismail, N., Stevenson, H.L., Walker, D.H. Infect. Immun. (2006)
- Ehrlichial diseases of humans: emerging tick-borne infections. Dumler, J.S., Bakken, J.S. Clin. Infect. Dis. (1995)
- Ehrlichiosis in Kentucky. Salgado, J.H., Evans, M.E., Hoven, A.D., Noble, R.C. The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association. (1995)
- The pathogenesis of heartwater. Du Plessis, J.L., Malan, L., Kowalski, Z.E. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. (1987)
- Survival strategy of obligately intracellular Ehrlichia chaffeensis: novel modulation of immune response and host cell cycles. Zhang, J.Z., Sinha, M., Luxon, B.A., Yu, X.J. Infect. Immun. (2004)
- Expression of a gene encoding the major antigenic protein 2 homolog of ehrlichia chaffeensis and potential application for serodiagnosis. Alleman, A.R., Barbet, A.F., Bowie, M.V., Sorenson, H.L., Wong, S.J., Bélanger, M. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2000)
- Analysis of cellular responses to native and recombinant proteins of Cowdria ruminantium. Totté, P., McKeever, D., Jongejan, F., Barbet, A., Mahan, S.M., Mwangi, D., Bensaid, A. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. (1998)
- DNA gyrase-mediated natural resistance to fluoroquinolones in Ehrlichia spp. Maurin, M., Abergel, C., Raoult, D. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2001)
- Ehrlichia ruminantium major antigenic protein gene (map1) variants are not geographically constrained and show no evidence of having evolved under positive selection pressure. Allsopp, M.T., Dorfling, C.M., Maillard, J.C., Bensaid, A., Haydon, D.T., van Heerden, H., Allsopp, B.A. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2001)
- Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in New York. Wallace, B.J., Brady, G., Ackman, D.M., Wong, S.J., Jacquette, G., Lloyd, E.E., Birkhead, G.S. Arch. Intern. Med. (1998)
- Reisolation of Ehrlichia canis from blood and tissues of dogs after doxycycline treatment. Iqbal, Z., Rikihisa, Y. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1994)
- Molecular cloning and characterization of the Ehrlichia chaffeensis variable-length PCR target: an antigen-expressing gene that exhibits interstrain variation. Sumner, J.W., Childs, J.E., Paddock, C.D. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1999)
- DNA vaccination with map1 gene followed by protein boost augments protection against challenge with Cowdria ruminantium, the agent of heartwater. Nyika, A., Barbet, A.F., Burridge, M.J., Mahan, S.M. Vaccine (2002)
- The 120 kDa outer membrane protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: preferential expression on dense-core cells and gene expression in Escherichia coli associated with attachment and entry. Popov, V.L., Yu, X., Walker, D.H. Microb. Pathog. (2000)