潛伏的人畜共通傳染病：艾利希氏體症

The Hidden Zoonoses: Ehrlichiosis

艾利希氏體症（Ehrlichiosis）是蜱蟲媒介的人畜共通傳染疾病，台灣過去有關艾利希氏體症的研究較多著重在動物，但近年來人類感染病例逐漸浮現，患者常出現不明原因發燒，白血球及血小板低下，肝功能異常等症狀。本文將統整敘述目前已知的流行病學、臨床表徵、診斷方式、治療及預防措施。

Ehrlichiosis are tick-borne zoonoses. In Taiwan, studies of ehrlichiosis mostly involve animal cases. However, human ehrlichiosis started emerging in recent years. The disease generally presents as undifferentiated fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and impaired liver function. The purpose of this review is to highlight the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these distinctive infections.