Gregory A. Dasch

Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila.

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Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +13

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

Ewen F. Kirkness, Brian J. Haas, Weilin Sun et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 584 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Genetics +13

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from an Unexpected Tick Vector in Arizona

Linda J. Demma, Marc Traeger, William L. Nicholson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 463 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pathobiology +11

Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals.

Alice S. Chapman, Johan Bakken, Scott M. Folk et al. · PubMed · 2006 · 426 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine +17

Phylogenetic diversity of the Rickettsiae

W G Weisburg, Michael E. Dobson, James E. Samuel et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1989 · 370 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +13