Potomac Breakthrough: A Fluke Larva

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Potomac horse fever was an equine disease shrouded in mystery. Scientists knew what caused the illness--the bacterium Ehrlichia risticii--but its source in nature could not be found. No one knew how horses became infected. Until now.

An article that appears in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology offers

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