HISTORY (I)

• 1935: canine fatal hemorrhagic illness : (Rickettsia canis : Pasteur Institute, Algeria)

• 1945: Rickettsia canis renamed Ehrlichia canis (Moshovski)

• 1955 (Japon): Ehrlichia sennetsu: 1st human ehrlichioses (Misao et al.)

• 1986 (USA): 1st human ehrlichioses in the Western hemisphere (Meada et al.)

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