Case Reports in Dermatology · 2011 · 100 citations · 9 references
Veterinary MedicineDermatologyInfectious DiseasesDermatopathologyImmunopathologyMedical MicrobiologyInfectious DermatosesRickettsial DiseasesSkin InfectionsTick BiologyTick-associated Skin DiseaseTick-borne DiseasesTick Bite ManagementTick Bite Site InfectionTick-bite DermatosesTick-borne Rickettsioses
A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick.
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<i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i>–infected Ticks, Japan
Norio Ohashi, Megumi Inayoshi, Kayoko Kitamura et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2005 · 128 citations · Full text