biostudies-literatureUnknown41(3)Arens MQBlood samples collected from wild deer in Missouri in November of 2000 and 2001 were positive by PCR assays for Ehrlichia chaffeensis (50 of 217; 23%), Ehrlichia ewingii (44 of 217; 20%), and Anaplasma species (214 of 217; 99%). Nucleotide sequences of selected amplicons from the assay for anaplasma matched sequences of the white-tailed deer agent. Serologic analysis of 112 deer sampled in 2000 showed a very high prevalence of antibodies to E. chaffeensis (97 of 112; 87%) and a low prevalence of antibodies reactive with Anaplasma phagocytophila (2 of 112; 2%).Journal of clinical microbiology1263-5https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC150261biostudies-literatureDetection of Ehrlichia spp. in the blood of wild white-tailed deer in Missouri by PCR assay and serologic analysis.PMC150261Arens MQLiddell AMSumner JWStorch GAGaudreault-Keener MBuening GComer JABuller RSfalseDetection of Ehrlichia spp. in the blood of wild white-tailed deer in Missouri by PCR assay and serologic analysis.Blood samples collected from wild deer in Missouri in November of 2000 and 2001 were positive by PCR assays for Ehrlichia chaffeensis (50 of 217; 23%), Ehrlichia ewingii (44 of 217; 20%), and Anaplasma species (214 of 217; 99%). Nucleotide sequences of selected amplicons from the assay for anaplasma matched sequences of the white-tailed deer agent. Serologic analysis of 112 deer sampled in 2000 showed a very high prevalence of antibodies to E. chaffeensis (97 of 112; 87%) and a low prevalence of antibodies reactive with Anaplasma phagocytophila (2 of 112; 2%).2003-01-01T00:00:00Z2003 Mar2025-04-05T00:18:34.098Z2019-03-27T00:17:38ZS-EPMC1502611262406310.1128/jcm.41.3.1263-1265.200310.1128/JCM.41.3.1263-1265.2003