Ehrlichiosis causes flu-like symptoms and rashes.

Signs and Symptoms of Ehrlichiosis

*Ehrlichia chaffeensis* adheres to and infects monocytes by forming intracellular microcolonies within monocytes.

Virulence Factors of *Ehrlichia chaffeensis*

What is the causative agent of Ehrlichiosis?

Which of the following best describes Ehrlichia chaffeensis?

How is Ehrlichiosis primarily transmitted to humans?

Which of the following symptoms is commonly associated with Ehrlichiosis?

Ehrlichiosis is caused by caused by the BSL-2, obligate intracellular pathogen *Ehrlichia chaffeensis*.

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Diseases that require arthropod vectors:
- Anaplasmosis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Epidemic Typhus
- Murine (Endemic) Typhus
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Lyme Disease
- Relapsing Fever
- Trench Fever

Zoonotic Febrile Diseases

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Anaplasmosis is caused by the pathogen *Anaplasma phagocytophilum*.

Anaplasmosis

Ehrlichiosis

Epidemic Typhus is caused by the pathogen *Rickettsia prowazekii* and is transmitted by body lice, *Pediculus humanus*.

Epidemic Typhus

Murine (Endemic) Typhus is caused by  the pathogen *Rickettsia typhi*

Murine (Endemic) Typhus

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by the pathogen *Rickettsia rickettsii* 

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Lyme Disease is caused by the spirochete *Borrelia burgdorferi*

Lyme Disease

Relapsing fever can be caused by two pathogens: *B. recurrentis*, causing louseborne relapsing fever, and *B. hermsii*, causing tickborne relapsing fever.

Relapsing Fever

Trench Fever is caused by the pathogen *Bartonella quintana*.

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