Host surveys, ixodid tick biology and transmission scenarios as related to the tick-borne pathogen, Ehrlichia canis

The ehrlichioses have been subject to increasing interest from veterinary and public health perspectives, but experimental studies of these diseases and their etiologic agents can be challenging. Ehrlichia canis, the primary etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, is relatively well charac...

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Published inVeterinary parasitology Vol. 158; no. 4; pp. 256 - 273
Main Authors Stich, R.W., Schaefer, John J., Bremer, William G., Needham, Glen R., Jittapalapong, Sathaporn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.12.2008
Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
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ISSN0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.013

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Summary:The ehrlichioses have been subject to increasing interest from veterinary and public health perspectives, but experimental studies of these diseases and their etiologic agents can be challenging. Ehrlichia canis, the primary etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, is relatively well characterized and offers unique advantages and opportunities to study interactions between a monocytotropic pathogen and both its vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Historically, advances in tick-borne disease control strategies have typically followed explication of tick–pathogen–vertebrate interactions, thus it is reasonable to expect novel, more sustainable approaches to control of these diseases as the transmission of their associated infections are investigated at the molecular through ecological levels. Better understanding of the interactions between E. canis and its canine and tick hosts would also elucidate similar interactions for other Ehrlichia species as well as the potential roles of canine sentinels, reservoirs and models of tick-borne zoonoses. This article summarizes natural exposure studies and experimental investigations of E. canis in the context of what is understood about biological vectors of tick-borne Anaplasmataceae.
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ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.013