Ehrlichia chaffeensis


Ehr·lich·i·a chaf·fee'n·sis

The bacterial species associated with human ehrlichiosis; infects human monocytes and is carried by the tick vector, Amblyomma americanum, the Lone Star tick.

Ehr·lich·i·a chaf·fe·en·sis

(ār-lik'ē-ă chaf'ē-en'sis) A bacterial species associated with human monocytic ehrlichiosis; carried by a tick vector, Amblyomma americanum, the Lone Star tick, and transmitted by various hard-bodied ticks.

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

An obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium that causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis in humans. See also: Ehrlichia