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Ehrlichia
Small, often pleomorphic, coccoid to ellipsoidal organisms occurring intracytoplasmically in circulating lymphocytes. They are the etiologic agents of tick-borne diseases of humans; dogs; cattle; sheep; goats; and horses.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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For Figures 1 and 2, please refer to the Welcome and Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2002 Contributors. Copyright 40th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2002. Used with permission.
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  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification

National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification

Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Anaplasmataceae
Anaplasma
Ehrlichia
Ehrlichia canis
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Ehrlichia ruminantium
Neorickettsia