Human ehrlichiosis.

Manian F A, Weidner J, Costello J, Fishbein D B, Dawson J E

Mo Med. 1989 Oct;86(10):691-5.

Ehrlichiosis is one of the latest tick-borne illnesses to be reported in humans. The authors describe two cases of this rickettsial disease that were apparently acquired in Missouri. They discuss diagnosis and treatment.