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Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia.
Whitman, Timothy J; Richards, Allen L; Paddock, Christopher D; Tamminga, Cindy L; Sniezek, Patrick J; Jiang, Ju; Byers, David K; Sanders, John W.
Affiliation
  • Whitman TJ; US Navy Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA. tjwhitman@bethesda.med.navy.mil
Emerg Infect Dis ; 13(2): 334-6, 2007 Feb.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17479907
We describe a man with a febrile illness and an eschar that developed at the site of a tick bite. Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia.
Subject(s)

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rickettsia Infections / Ticks / Bites and Stings / Tick-Borne Diseases Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Animals / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rickettsia Infections / Ticks / Bites and Stings / Tick-Borne Diseases Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Animals / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States