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The tick-transmitted, obligate intracellular, Gram-negative bacterium Ehrlichia is the causative agent of ehrlichiosis. Until recently, the mechanism by which Ehrlichia are released from host cells or how they gain entry into cells was not clearly understood. This chapter describes the exit strategies of the obligate intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia.
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Thomas, S. (2016). Exit Strategies of Ehrlichia . In: Thomas, S. (eds) Rickettsiales. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4_8
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