Identification of Ehrlichia canis in East Africa
Kaminjolo, J.S.; Nyindo, M.B.; Sayer, P.D.; Rurangirwa, F.; Johnson, L.W.; Hird, S.F.; Rosenbaum, E.; Maxie, L.L.; Ogaa, J.S.
Veterinary Record 99(22): 434-435
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 997191 Document Number: 99658
The organism was identified in a dog in Kenya. Transmission studies to two dogs resulted in signs of ehrlichiosis including thrombocytopenia, pyrexia, reduction in packed cell volume, and presence of E. canis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
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