How to Use ehrlichiosis in a Sentence

ehrlichiosis

noun
  • One of the new diseases is a variant of ehrlichiosis, the infection Slone suffered.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 25 May 2018
  • Lone star ticks have also been found to carry bacteria that cause the diseases ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
    NBC News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • 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, 18 Sep. 2019
  • 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, 2 May 2022
  • The tick population rises in turn, increasing the spread of diseases such as Lyme or ehrlichiosis.
    Natasha Frost, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2019
  • 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, 11 July 2017
  • The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, can transmit ehrlichiosis and tularemia.
    Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 6 June 2018
  • 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, 24 May 2018
  • Blood testing can help diagnose both anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis, and both can also be treated with antibiotics.
    Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 26 July 2019
  • Lyme disease is the one everyone worries about, but state officials said ticks can transmit a variety of other diseases, such as ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • 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, 19 June 2021
  • These include Lyme disease, Zika virus, ehrlichiosis, and others.
    Dipesh Navsaria, Houston Chronicle, 6 July 2018
  • 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, 25 June 2018
  • 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, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Cases of Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis have increased several times over.
    Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • However, when caught early, ehrlichiosis can be treated with antibiotics.
    Lauren Krouse, Health.com, 18 May 2021
  • 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, 22 July 2021
  • Ticks can also cause other diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Cases of Lyme disease, Powassan virus; spotted fever rickettsiosis, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and tularemia all increased last year.
    Ashley Welch, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Other tick-borne diseases include anaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis and tularemia.
    Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • Rickettsial illnesses include ehrlichiosis (15%), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (6%) and anaplasmosis (5%).
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022

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