Multiple bites from the larvae of Haemaphysalis longicornis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1333-1334

  Lee, Young Bok ^a   Jun, Jae Bok ^b   Kim, Jun Young ^c   Cho, Baik Kee ^a   Park, Hyun Jeong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Chilgok Catholic Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; TICK; TICK BITE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; PRURITUS; SKIN;

EID: 81855168380     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.328     Document Type: Article

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