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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061295
Personal Author:
Whitman, Timothy J. ; Richards, Allen L. ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Tamminga, Cindy L. ; Sniezek, Patrick J. ; ... More +
Whitman, Timothy J. ; Richards, Allen L. ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Tamminga, Cindy L. ; Sniezek, Patrick J. ; Jiang, Ju ; Byers, David K. ; Sanders, John W. Less -
Description:
We describe a man with a febrile illness and an eschar that developed at the site of a tick bite. Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia.
Subject:
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Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bites And Stings
DNA, Bacterial
Doxycycline
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rickettsia Infections
Tick-Borne Diseases
Ticks

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(2):334-336.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Virginia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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