Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is an emerging disease in which obligate intracellular bacteria infect and kill white blood cells?

  1. Babesia

  2. Ehrlichiosis

  3. Encephalitozoon cuniculi

  4. Peliosis hepatis

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ehrlichiosis is an emerging bacterial disease in which obligate intracellular bacteria infect and kill white blood cells. It is caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia ewingii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis or Neorickettsia sennetsu.