Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2020)

Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico

  • Virginia E. Alcántara-Rodríguez,
  • Sokani Sánchez-Montes,
  • Hugo Contreras,
  • Pablo Colunga-Salas,
  • Lauro Fierro-Flores,
  • Sergio Avalos,
  • Francisco Rodríguez-Rangel,
  • Ingeborg Becker,
  • David H. Walker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.200520
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 12
pp. 3016 – 3019

Abstract

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Little information is available about human infections by the members of the genus Ehrlichia in Mexico. Only 2 species, Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffensis, are known to cause disease in this country. We report a fatal case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Mexico City in a man who was homeless.

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