TY - JOUR AU - Nuti, M. AU - Serafini, D.A. AU - Bassetti, D. AU - Ghionni, A. AU - Russino, F. AU - RombolĂ , P. AU - Macri, G. AU - Lillini, E. T1 - Ehrlichia Infection in Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 1998 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 663 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Immunoglobulin M seroconversion to Ehrlichia chaffeensis was documented in U.S. citizens bitten by ticks in Sardinia. Seven cases of suspected ehrlichiosis in local residents were not confirmed by laboratory tests. In Alpine areas antibodies to E. phagocytophila were detected in persons at high risk, i.e., foresters (8.6%) and hunters (5.5%), and in controls (l.5%). Of 153 persons bitten by ticks, only one was Ehrlichia antibody-positive after 6 months. KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid0404.980420 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/4/98-0420_article ER - End of Reference