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ReviewEmerging infectious diseases2025

National Surveillance of Human Ehrlichiosis Caused by Ehrlichia ewingii, United States, 2013-2021.

Sydney N Adams, Nicolette C Bestul, Kimberly N Calloway, Gilbert J Kersh, Johanna S Salzer

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Review in Emerging infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sydney N Adams
Nicolette C Bestul
Kimberly N Calloway
Gilbert J Kersh
Johanna S Salzer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human ehrlichiosis is a potentially fatal tickborne disease caused by 3 species: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, and E. muris eauclairensis. In the United States, 234 confirmed cases of E. ewingii ehrlichiosis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System during 2013-2021; average annual incidence was 0.08 cases/1 million population. E. ewingii ehrlichiosis was reported more commonly among older, White, non-Hispanic, and male patients. Incidence and case counts generally increased yearly, except for 2020 and 2021. The highest number of cases were reported from Missouri and Arkansas. We report the geographic expansion of E. ewingii ehrlichiosis and the continued public health challenge of clarifying clinical manifestations of this infection. Clinician education will be essential to implement molecular assays to properly diagnose E. ewingii infection in patients and gain a better understanding of the epidemiology of this emerging disease.

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EhrlichiaEhrlichiosisAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHistory, 21st CenturyHumansIncidenceInfantMaleMiddle AgedPopulation SurveillanceUnited StatesbacteriaEhrlichia ewingiiehrlichiosisepidemiologysurveillanceticksUnited Statesvector-borne infectionszoonoses

Identifiers

PMID39983701
PMCPMC11845156

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