Ehrlichiosis is non-communicable, rarely fatal disease found in the United States characterized by a sudden onset of fever, chills, malaise and sleeplessness which is related to Sennetsu Fever. Ehrlichiosis is clinically similar to Rickettsia rickettsia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but lacks the distinctive rash. This invention provides a method for simultaneously screening a human subject for E. chaffeensis, E. Canis, or R. rickettsia by growing the organisms in Human Microvascular Endothelial Cell-1 cells.   

Inventor: Jacqueline E Dawson

CDC Reference Number: E-155-91/1

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Patent Number: 5,989,848