In : Recent Advances in Canine Infectious Diseases
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Introduction The etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME), the rickettsia Ehrlichia canis (E. canis), is a small pleomorphic gram-negative coccoid bacteria that parasitizes circulating monocytes intracytoplasmically in clusters of organisms called morulae. The disease is also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, tracker dog disease, canine tick typhus, Nairobi bleeding disorder and tropical canine pancytopenia, names representing different aspects of the same disease. The disease is acknowledged as an important and potentially fatal infectious disease of dogs and other members of the Canidae family. E. canis was first recognized in Algeria in 1935. Historically the disease assumed great importance during the Vietnam War, causing the death of hundreds of military dogs. The disease has received further attention in 1987 when the closely related organism, E. chaffeensis was identified as the cause of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Subsequently in 1996, E. chaffeensis was shown to cause disease manifestations in dogs indistinguishable from E. canis infection.
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