Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
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.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007-02-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-1295_article |