Proper Nomenclature for the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent.(Brief Article) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Bakken, Johan S.; Dumler, J. Stephen | COPYRIGHT 2001 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

To the Editor: In their recent article, "Antigenic variations in vector-borne pathogens," Barbour and Restrepo discuss the outer membrane protein components of Anaplasma marginale and related bacteria (1). Citing a reference by Zhi et al. (2), they state that Ehrlichia granulocytophila is the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE).

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