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Vaccination with an Attenuated Mutant of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Induces Pathogen-Specific CD4(+) T Cell Immunity and Protection from Tick-Transmitted Wild-Type Challenge in the Canine Host

McGill, Jodi L.; Nair, Arathy D.S.; Cheng, C. M.; Rusk, R. A.; Jaworski, Deborah C.; Ganta, Roman R.

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is a tick-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Transmitted by the Amblyomma americanum tick, E. chaffeensis also causes disease in several other vertebrate ...