Bacterium
ehrlichia
Subclass of:
Anaplasmataceae
Definitions related to ehrlichia:
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A genus of tick-borne bacteria in the family Anaplasmataceae. Ehrlichia are obligately intracellular pathogens and are the causative agent of ehrlichiosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Ehrlichia genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Genus in the order Rickettsiales, family Anaplasmataceae which produces disease in dogs, cattle, sheep, and humans.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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