TY - JOUR AU - Kocan, Alan AU - Levesque, Gena Crowder AU - Whitworth, Lisa C. AU - Murphy, George L. AU - Ewing, Sidney A. AU - Barker, Robert W. T1 - Naturally Occurring Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection in Coyotes from Oklahoma T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 477 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A nested polymerase chain reaction assay was used to determine the presence of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. canis, and E. ewingii DNA in blood samples of free-ranging coyotes from central and north-central Oklahoma. Of the 21 coyotes examined, 15 (71%) were positive for E. chaffeensis DNA; none was positive for E. canis or E. ewingii. Results suggest that E. chaffeensis infections are common in free-ranging coyotes in Oklahoma and that these wild canids could play a role in the epidemiology of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. KW - KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0605.000505 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0505_article ER - End of Reference