How to Use ehrlichiosis in a Sentence

ehrlichiosis

noun
  • Where the deer go, so do their parasites, and these include the lone star tick, the animal that spreads ehrlichiosis.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2010-10-12
  • Lone star ticks have also been found to carry bacteria that cause the diseases ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
    — NBC News, 2022-03-16
  • One of the new diseases is a variant of ehrlichiosis, the infection Slone suffered.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 2018-05-25
  • Another disease spread by the lone star tick is ehrlichiosis, which has flu-like symptoms including headache, joint and muscle ache, fever, and fatigue.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Anchorage Daily News, 2022-05-02
  • With a wetter and warmer climate, Lyme disease and ehrlichiosis could become more common as the number of tick bites increase.
    — David Crawshaw, Washington Post, 2019-09-18
  • However, when caught early, ehrlichiosis can be treated with antibiotics.
    — Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 2021-05-18
  • Blood testing can help diagnose both anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis, and both can also be treated with antibiotics.
    — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 2019-07-26
  • The tick population rises in turn, increasing the spread of diseases such as Lyme or ehrlichiosis.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 2019-09-02
  • The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, can transmit ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 2018-06-06
  • In Illinois, the lone star tick, the American dog tick and the deer tick carry the bacteria that causes ehrlichiosis. 5.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 2018-05-04
  • These include Lyme disease, Zika virus, ehrlichiosis, and others.
    — Dipesh Navsaria, Houston Chronicle, 2018-07-06
  • Symptoms of ehrlichiosis include fever, nausea, headaches and chills, while Lyme disease symptoms usually involve fever, skin rashes, and body aches.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2018-05-24
  • These ticks have the ability to transmit ehrlichiosis, which is a bacterial infection with flu-like symptoms according to the CDC.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 2023-05-05
  • In addition to being the primary carrier of the bacteria that can cause the illness ehrlichiosis, the tick is associated with a red meat allergy known as alpha-gal syndrome.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2021-06-19
  • Scientists think that the Lone Star Tick, which also carries the bacteria that cause ehrlichiosis, a bacterial illness, is the only tick species that carries this virus.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 2017-07-11
  • According to Salzer, other lone star tick diseases, such as ehrlichiosis, have been increasing as well, suggesting lone star tick numbers could be increasing in the U.S.
    — Bree Iskandar, STAT, 2023-07-27
  • Last year, Mainers reported 20 cases of ehrlichiosis, a bacterial illness that can cause flu-like symptoms and difficulty breathing, up from just four cases the year before.
    — Thomas Leavy, CBS News, 2018-06-25
  • Ticks can also cause other diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 2022-04-26
  • Most of us are familiar with Lyme disease, but ticks also transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Cytauxzoon felis, which infects cats.
    — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 2017-08-25
  • The center at The Miriam is a multidisciplinary center entirely dedicated to the treatment of acute Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and other tick-borne diseases.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-07-22
  • Rickettsial illnesses include ehrlichiosis (15%), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (6%) and anaplasmosis (5%).
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2022-05-07

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