TABLE 2.

Correlation between PCR finding and presence of antibodies against Ehrlichia or Anaplasma species

Agents detected by PCR	No. of deer	No. (%) of deer with antibody against:
		E. chaffeensis	A. phagocytophila
E. chaffeensis + Anaplasma spp.a	16	16 (100)	0
E. ewingii + Anaplasma spp.	18	18 (100)	0
E. chaffeensis + E. ewingii + Anaplasma spp.	13	13 (100)	0
Anaplasma spp. only	63	56 (89)	2 (3)
None	2	1 (50)	0
All deer	112	97 (87)	2 (2)

^aNucleotide sequences of select amplicons matched that of the WTD agent, an unclassified Anaplasma-like bacterium.