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I hear veterinarians referring to Anaplasma phagocytophilum as Ehrlichia equi. Are they the same organism?

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I hear veterinarians referring to Anaplasma phagocytophilum as Ehrlichia equi. Are they the same organism?

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Yes, they are the same organism. In the late 1990s, several species—E. equi, E. phagocytophila and the organism responsible for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE)—were classified as a single species and renamed A. phagocytophilum.