1/2. Treatment of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis during pregnancy and risk of perinatal transmission.A pregnant woman from Nantucket Island, MA was diagnosed with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis at 34 weeks gestation. We describe the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas involved and discuss the risks of perinatal transmission.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = transmission (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. ixodes dammini as a potential vector of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.Little is known about the epidemiology and mode of transmission of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Analyses of an engorged female ixodes dammini tick removed from an HGE patient and 101 field-collected I. dammini and dermacentor variabilis from three wisconsin counties for borrelia burgdorferi and ehrlichia phagocytophila/ehrlichia equi dna revealed that the patient tick and 7 of 68 I. dammini ticks from Washburn County collected in 1982 and 1991 were positive for ehrlichial dna; 10 ticks from the same collections were positive for B. burgdorferi. Two specimens (2.2%) were positive for both organisms. Serologic evidence for exposure to the agent of HGE or its relatives was detected in 3 of 25 lyme disease patients from the upper Midwest. These data argue that I. dammini is a common vector for transmission of both lyme disease and HGE.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.4keywords = transmission (Clic here for more details about this article) |