Case of tick bite with infestation of an extraordinary number of larval Amblyomma testudinarium ticks

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1110-1112

  Isohisa, Taro ^a   Nakai, Noriaki ^a   Okuzawa, Yasutaro ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Arizono, Naoki ^a   Katoh, Norito ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTAMITON; DOXYCYCLINE; EPINASTINE;

AGED; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TESTUDINARIUM; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LARVA; LETTER; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN PRURITUS; TICK BITE; TICK INFESTATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 80355144696     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01180.x     Document Type: Letter

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