Introduction of the exotic tick Hyalomma truncatum on a human with travel to Ethiopia: A case report

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-154

  Mathison, Blaine A ^a   Gerth, William J ^b   Pritt, Bobbi S ^c   Baugh, Stephen ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic; Hyalomma; Ticks; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIGITAL IMAGING; ETHIOPIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODIDAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922020645     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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