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==Historical Perspective==
* In 2008, human infection by [[Panola Mountain]] (Georgia, USA) ''Ehrlichia'' species was reported.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reeves WK, Loftis AD, Nicholson WL, Czarkowski AG |title=The first report of human illness associated with the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia species: a case report |journal=Journal of medical case reports |volume=2 |pages=139 |year=2008 |pmid=18447934 |pmc=2396651|doi=10.1186/1752-1947-2-139|url=http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/2//139}}</ref>
* On August 3, 2011, infection by a yet-unnamed bacterium in the genus ''Ehrlichia'' carried by [[deer tick]]s that has caused [[flu-like]] symptoms in at least 25 people in [[Minnesota]] and [[Wisconsin]] was reported; human ehrlichiosis was thought to be very rare or absent in Minnesota and Wisconsin.<ref name="Steenhuysen, 2011">Julie Steenhuysen. 2011. ''New tick-borne bacterium found in upper Midwest''. Reuters, 8/3/2011, http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/new-tick-borne-bacterium-found-in-upper-midwest/, accessed August 4, 2011.</ref>  The new species, which is very similar genetically to an ''Ehrlichia'' species found in [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Japan]] called ''E. muris'', was identified at [[Mayo Clinic]] Health System's [[Eau Claire]] hospital.<ref name="Steenhuysen, 2011" />
* In 1991 Dr. Aileen Marty of the [[AFIP]] was able to demonstrate the bacteria in human tissues using standard stains, and later proved that the organisms were indeed Ehrlichia using [[immunoperoxidase stain]]s.


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Historical Perspective

  • In 2008, human infection by Panola Mountain (Georgia, USA) Ehrlichia species was reported.[1]
  • On August 3, 2011, infection by a yet-unnamed bacterium in the genus Ehrlichia carried by deer ticks that has caused flu-like symptoms in at least 25 people in Minnesota and Wisconsin was reported; human ehrlichiosis was thought to be very rare or absent in Minnesota and Wisconsin.[2] The new species, which is very similar genetically to an Ehrlichia species found in Eastern Europe and Japan called E. muris, was identified at Mayo Clinic Health System's Eau Claire hospital.[2]
  • In 1991 Dr. Aileen Marty of the AFIP was able to demonstrate the bacteria in human tissues using standard stains, and later proved that the organisms were indeed Ehrlichia using immunoperoxidase stains.

References

  1. Reeves WK, Loftis AD, Nicholson WL, Czarkowski AG (2008). "The first report of human illness associated with the Panola Mountain Ehrlichia species: a case report". Journal of medical case reports. 2: 139. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-139. PMC 2396651. PMID 18447934.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Julie Steenhuysen. 2011. New tick-borne bacterium found in upper Midwest. Reuters, 8/3/2011, http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/new-tick-borne-bacterium-found-in-upper-midwest/, accessed August 4, 2011.