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. 2024 Aug 2;18(8):e0012377. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012377

Table 7. Reported coinfections in human ehrlichiosis (n = 32).

Reported coinfection pathogen(s)* Number of coinfections among human ehrlichiosis CRID [n = 416] n (%) Number of coinfections among human ehrlichiosis CRNID [n = 844] n (%) Number of coinfections among all human ehrlichiosis cases [n = 1260] n (%)
Tick-borne pathogens
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato 7 (1) 1 (<1) 8 (<1)
Colorado tick fever - 1 (<1) 1 (<1)
Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. + Babesia spp. 1 (<1) - 1 (<1)
Babesia spp. 2 (<1) - 2 (<1)
Rickettsia spp. 6 (1) 4 (<1) 10 (<1)
Rickettsia rickettsii + Coxiella burnetti 1 (<1) - 1 (<1)
Anaplasma phagocytophilum 3 (<1) - 3 (<1)
Other arthropod-borne pathogens
Orientia tsutsugamushi 1 (<1) - 1 (<1)
Dengue virus 1 (<1) - 1 (<1)
Non-vector-borne pathogens
Escherichia coli 1 (<1) - 1 (<1)
Epstein-Bar virus 3 (<1) - 3 (<1)
Total 26 6 32

CRID, cases reported with individual data; CRNID, cases reported with non-individual data; spp. species.

* Note that the list of coinfections is based on the coinfections reported by the authors in the original publication, which, however, often cannot by checked for validity due to a lack of information on the corresponding diagnostics and therefore do not allow a conclusive assessment.