Ehrlichiosis is non-communicable, rarely fatal, rickettsial disease found in the United States. It is clinically similar to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever but lacks the distinctive rash and is related to Sennetsu Fever. A new isolate of the Ehrlichia species, E. chaffeensis, has been obtained from a patient suffering from ehrlichiosis. This invention includes the new species and an E. chaffeensis infected cell line deposited with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) under accession number CRL 10679.   

Inventors: Jacqueline E Dawson and Burt Anderson

CDC Reference Number: E-029-91/1

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Patent Number: 5,413,931