human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

noun

Definition of HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS

: an ehrlichiosis of humans that is marked by fever, myalgia, headache, leukemia, and thrombocytopenia and that is caused by a rickettsial bacterium of the genus Ehrlichia which is transmitted by ixodid ticks (as the deer tick and American dog tick)—abbreviation HGE