| identity of ehrlichial dna sequences derived from ixodes ricinus ticks with those obtained from patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in slovenia. | adult ixodes ricinus (acari: ixodidae) ticks collected near ljubljana, slovenia, were tested for the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge) by using pcr assays based on the 16s rrna gene. three (3.2%) of 93 ticks were found to contain granulocytic ehrlichiae. nucleotide sequences of portions of the bacterial groesl heat shock operon amplified from these ticks were identical or nearly (99.8%) identical to those previously determined for human patients with hge from slovenia, providing add ... | 1999 | 9854093 |
| epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in slovenia. | human granulocytic anaplasmosis (hga) has been recently recognized as an emerging tick-borne disease. several reports indicate the presence of infection with anaplasma phagocytophilum in europe. between january 1996 and december 2004, 24 adult patients with proven hga were identified in a prospective study conducted at the department of infectious diseases, university medical center ljubljana, slovenia, on the etiology of febrile illnesses occurring within 30 days after a tick bite. the diagnosi ... | 2006 | 17160612 |
| human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in slovenia. | several reports indicate the presence of infection with anaplasma phagocytophila in europe. the first case with confirmed human granulocytic ehrlichiosis was reported from slovenia in 1997. by 2002, 13 patients have been discovered in a prospective study on the etiology of febrile illnesses occurring within six weeks following a tick bite, conducted at the department of infectious diseases, university medical centre, ljubljana, slovenia. the diagnosis was established by molecular identification ... | 2003 | 12860640 |
| human ehrlichiosis in central europe. | ehrlichioses are tick-transmitted diseases associated with illnesses of animals for decades, but recently recognised to be emerging human diseases. in the last ten years increasing number of cases of human infections caused by ehrlichia chaffeensis and granulo-cytic ehrlichia were described in the united states. several reports also indicate the presence of infection with the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge) agent in europe. the first confirmed acute human disease caused by hge agent was re ... | 1998 | 10048172 |