Method of diagnosing human granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

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Methods for the in vitro cultivation, propagation, and production of antigens of Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup granulocytic Ehrlichiae, including Ehrlichia equi, in Ixodes scapularis tick cell culture and in human HL60 promyelocytic leukemia cell culture.

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