A case of Amblyomma testudinarium tick bite in a Korean woman

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Kim, Jin ^a   Joo, Hyun Soo ^a   Moon, Hong Ju ^b   Lee, Young Jik ^b  

^a Seonam University   (South Korea)

^b St Carollo General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amblyomma testudinarium; Human; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

AGED; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TESTUDINARIUM; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISINFECTION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; KOREA; SKIN DISCOMFORT; SKIN PRURITUS; TICK BITE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IXODIDAE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

AMBLYOMMA; IXODIDA; SCUTUM;

EID: 78650985393     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.4.313     Document Type: Article

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