| prevalence of granulocytic ehrlichia infection among white-tailed deer in wisconsin. | human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge) is caused by an agent that is nearly indistinguishable from the veterinary pathogens ehrlichia equi and ehrlichia phagocytophila. the deer tick, ixodes scapularis, is a vector of the hge agent, and the white-tailed deer is the primary host for adult ixodes ticks. we assessed the distribution of granulocytic ehrlichia infection among deer living within (wisconsin) and outside (western and southern iowa) the geographic range of l. scapularis. whole-blood sampl ... | 1997 | 9163463 |
| serosurveillance for anaplasma phagocytophilum antibodies in white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in iowa, usa. | cases of human granulocytic anaplasmosis have increased in number and are being identified in new geographic areas since its discovery in 1994. white-tailed deer (wtd) become infected with the causative agent, anaplasma phagocytophilum, and serve as natural sentinels for this organism. in order to determine if a. phagocytophilum is present in the state of iowa, sera collected from 628 wtd in 2004 from 13 sites and from 282 wtd in 1999 from a single, common site were tested by enzyme-linked immun ... | 2006 | 16989567 |