An Entry-Triggering Protein of <italic toggle="yes">Ehrlichia</italic> Is a New Vaccine Candidate against Tick-Borne Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

ABSTRACT Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging disease transmitted by the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum. E. chaffeensis outer membrane protein entry triggering protein of Ehrlichia (EtpE) is necessary for bacterial...

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Main Authors: Khemraj Budachetri, Omid Teymournejad, Mingqun Lin, Qi Yan, Mariella Mestres-Villanueva, Guy Nathaniel Brock, Yasuko Rikihisa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3921de9aac804d80a3b4ba9cf290664d
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