TY - JOUR AU - Peng, Shih-Huan AU - Yang, Su-Lin AU - Ho, Yu-Ni AU - Chen, Hsiang-Fei AU - Shu, Pei-Yun T1 - Human Case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection, Taiwan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 11 SP - 2141 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2018, an immunosuppressed woman in southern Taiwan had onset of fever, chills, myalgia, malaise, thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, and elevated hepatic transaminases. Investigation revealed infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. This autochthonous case of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis was confirmed by PCR, DNA sequencing, and seroconversion. KW - Ehrlichia chaffeensis KW - human monocytic ehrlichiosis KW - Taiwan KW - vector-borne infections KW - tickborne diseases KW - bacteria KW - rickettsia DO - 10.3201/eid2511.190665 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/11/19-0665_article ER - End of Reference