Exposure to deer blood may be a cause of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Jul;23(1):198. doi: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.198.

Authors

J S Bakken¹, J K Krueth, T Lund, D Malkovitch, K Asanovich, J S Dumler

Affiliation

¹ Section of Infectious Diseases, Duluth Clinic, Minnesota 55805, USA.

PMID: 8816164
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.1.198

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Bacterial / blood
Deer / blood*
Deer / microbiology*
Disease Reservoirs
Ehrlichia / isolation & purification
Ehrlichiosis / blood
Ehrlichiosis / transmission*
Food Handling
Granulocytes
Humans
Male
Meat / microbiology
Occupational Diseases / etiology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial