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Anaplasmataceae

Medical Definition: A family of bacteria which inhabit RED BLOOD CELLS and cause several animal diseases.
Guide Notes: infection = ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS
Previously Indexed: Bacteria (1966-1974)
Anaplasmataceae Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Anaplasma - A genus of gram-negative bacteria whose organisms are obligate parasites of vertebrates. Species are transmitted by arthropod vectors with the host range limited to ruminants. Anaplasma marginale is the most pathogenic species and is the causative agent of severe bovine anaplasmosis.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Ehrlichia - Small, often pleomorphic, coccoid to ellipsoidal organisms occurring intracytoplasmically in circulating LYMPHOCYTES. They are the etiologic agents of tick-borne diseases of humans, DOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, and HORSES.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Neorickettsia - Genus of gram-negative, intracytoplasmic bacteria that are found primarily in VACUOLES of MONOCYTES in the BLOOD and MACROPHAGES of lymphoid or other tissues of DOGS; HORSES, and humans. (From Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:2145-2165)

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