Selected Publications in Category - Ehrlichia canis (canine ehrlichiosis) :      Back to Publications Page   

1. Unver, A., Y. Rikihisa, M. Karaman, and H. Ozen. (2008) An acute severe ehrlichiosis in a dog experimentally infected with a new virulent strain of Ehrlichia canis. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15 (Suppl. 1): 1-3.  [Link to Pubmed]
2. Schaefer, J. J., J. Kahn, G. R. Needham, Y. Rikihisa, S. A. Ewing and R. W. Stich. (2008) Antibiotic Clearance of Ehrlichia canis from Dogs Infected by Intravenous Inoculation of Carrier Blood. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. (Animal Biodiversity and Emerging Diseases) 1149: 263-269. [Link to Pubmed]
3. Schaefer, J.J., J. Kahn, G. R. Needham, Y. Rikihisa, S. A. Ewing and R. W. Stich. (2007) Antibiotic clearance of Ehrlichia canis from dogs infected by intravenous inoculation of carrier blood. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 51: 3394-3396. [PMCID: PMC2043173] | [Link to Pubmed]
4. Perez, M., M. Bodor, C. Zhang, Q. Xiong, and Y. Rikihisa. (2006) Human Infection with Ehrlichia canis Accompanied By Clinical Signs In Venezuela. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1078: 110-117.  [Link to Pubmed]
5. Unver, A., H. Huang, and Y. Rikihisa. (2006) Cytokine Gene Expression by Peripheral Blood Leukocytes in Dogs Experimentally Infected with a New Virulent Strain of Ehrlichia canis. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1078: 482-486.  [Link to Pubmed]
6. Unver, A., Y. Rikihisa, K. BORKU, Y. E. OZKANLAR, and B. HANEDAN. (2005) Molecular detection and characterization of Ehrlichia canis from dogs in Turkey. Berl. Münch. Tierärztl. Wschr. 118: 300-304.  [Link to Pubmed]
7. Tajima, T. and Y. Rikihisa. (2005) Cytokine Responses in Dogs Infected with Ehrlichia canis Oklahoma Strain. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1063: 429-431.  [Link to Pubmed]
8. Bremer, W.G., J.J. Schaefer, E.R. Wagner, S.A. Ewing, Y. Rikihisa, G.R. Needham, S. Jittapalapong, D.L. Moore, and R.W. Stich. (2005) Transstadial and intrastadial experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis by male Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vet. Parasitol. 131: 95-105.  [Link to Pubmed]
9. Felek, S, H. Huang, and Y. Rikihisa. (2003) Sequence and expression analysis of virB9 of the type IV secretion system of Ehrlichia canis strains in ticks, dogs, and cultured cells. Infect. Immun. 71: 6063-6067.  [Link to Pubmed]
10. Unver, A., Rikihisa, Y., Kawahara, M., and Yamamoto, S. (2003) Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, and Wolbachia species from canine blood in Japan. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 990: 692-698.  [Link to Pubmed]
11. Felek, S., R. Greene, and Y. Rikihisa. (2003) Transcriptional Analysis of p30 Major Outer Membrane Protein Genes of Ehrlichia canis in Naturally Infected Ticks and Sequence Analysis of p30-10 of E. canis from Diverse Geographic Regions. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 886-888.  [Link to Pubmed]
12. Stich, R. W. Y.Rikihisa, S.A. Ewing, G.R. Needham, D. L. Grover and S. Jittapalapong. (2002) Detection of Ehrlichia canis in Canine Carrier Blood and in Individual Experimentally Infected Ticks with a p30-Based PCR Assay. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40: 540-546.  [Link to Pubmed]
13. Ohashi, N., Y. Rikihisa, and A. Unver. (2001) Analysis of transcriptionally active gene clusters of major outer membrane protein multigene family in Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffeensis. Infect. Immun. 69: 2083-2091.  [Link to Pubmed]
14. Unver, A., M. Perez, N..Orellana, H. Huang, and Y. Rikihisa. (2001) Molecular and antigenic comparison of Ehrlichia canis from dogs, ticks, and a human in Venezuela. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39: 2788-2793.  [Link to Pubmed]
15. Unver, A., N. Ohashi, T. Tajima, R.W. Stich, D. Grover, and Y. Rikihisa. (2001) Transcriptional analysis of p30 major outer membrane multigene family of Ehrlichia canis in dogs, ticks, and cell culture at different temperatures. Infect. Immun. 69: 6172-6178.  [Link to Pubmed]
16. Rikihisa, Y. (2000) Diagnosis of Emerging Ehrlichial Diseases of Dogs, Horses, and Humans. Editorial. J. Vet. Int. Med. 14: 250-251.  [Link to Pubmed]
17. Ohashi, N., A.,Unver, N. Zhi, and Y. Rikihisa. (1998) Cloning and characterization of multigenes encoding immunodominant 30-kDa major outer membrane protein of Ehrlichia canis and application of the recombinant protein for serodiagnosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 2671-2680.  [Link to Pubmed]
18. Bohai, W., Y. Rikihisa, J. Mott, R. Greene, H-Y. Kim, N. Zhi, G.C. Couto, A. Unver, and R. Bartsch. (1997) Comparison of nested PCR with immunoflourescent-antibody assay for detection of Ehrlichia canis infection in dogs treated with deoxycycline. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35: 1852-1855.  [Link to Pubmed]
19. Wen, B., Y. Rikihisa, N. Zhi, R. Greene, and R. Bartsch. (1997) Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of Ehrlichia canis infection in dogs. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35: 1852-1855.  [Link to Pubmed]
20. Perez, M., Y. Rikihisa, and B. Wen. (1996) Ehrlichia canis-like agent isolated from a man in Venezuela: antigenic and genetic characterization. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34: 2133-2139.  [Link to Pubmed]
21. Iqbal, Z., and Y. Rikihisa. (1994) Reisolation of Ehrlichia canis from blood and tissues of dogs after treatment with doxycycline. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 1644-1649.  [Link to Pubmed]
22. Iqbal, Z., W. Chaichanasiriwithaya, and Y. Rikihisa. (1994) Comparison of PCR and Western immunoblot analysis in early diagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 1658-1662.  [Link to Pubmed]
23. Rikihisa, Y., S.A. Ewing, and J.C. Fox. (1994) Western immunoblot analysis of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, or E. ewingii infection of dogs and human. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 2107-2112.  [Link to Pubmed]
24. Iqbal, Z. and Y. Rikihisa. (1994) Application of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Ehrlichia canis in tissues of dogs. Vet. Microbiol. 42: 281-287.  [Link to Pubmed]
25. Rikihisa, Y., S. Yamamoto, I. Kwak, Z. Iqbal, J. Mott, and G. Kociba. (1994) Plasma C reactive protein and a1-acid glycoprotein concentrations in dogs infected with Ehrlichia canis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 912-917.  [Link to Pubmed]
26. Rikihisa, Y., S.A. Ewing, J.C. Fox, A.G. Siregar, F.H. Pasaribu, and M.B. Malole. (1992) Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western immunoblot analysis of E. canis and canine granulocytic Ehrlichia. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30: 143-148.  [Link to Pubmed]
27. Dawson, J.E., Y. Rikihisa, S. Ewing and D.B. Fishbein. (1991) Serologic diagnosis of human ehrlichiosis using two Ehrlichia canis isolates. J. Infect. Dis. 163: 564-567.  [Link to Pubmed]

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