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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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Autores principales: Whitman, Timothy J., Richards, Allen L., Paddock, Christopher D., Tamminga, Cindy L., Sniezek, Patrick J., Jiang, Ju, Byers, David K., Sanders, John W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061295
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author Whitman, Timothy J.
Richards, Allen L.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Tamminga, Cindy L.
Sniezek, Patrick J.
Jiang, Ju
Byers, David K.
Sanders, John W.
author_facet Whitman, Timothy J.
Richards, Allen L.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Tamminga, Cindy L.
Sniezek, Patrick J.
Jiang, Ju
Byers, David K.
Sanders, John W.
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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.
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spelling pubmed-27258802009-09-10 Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia Whitman, Timothy J. Richards, Allen L. Paddock, Christopher D. Tamminga, Cindy L. Sniezek, Patrick J. Jiang, Ju Byers, David K. Sanders, John W. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2725880/ /pubmed/17479907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061295 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Whitman, Timothy J.
Richards, Allen L.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Tamminga, Cindy L.
Sniezek, Patrick J.
Jiang, Ju
Byers, David K.
Sanders, John W.
Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title_full Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title_fullStr Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title_short Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia
title_sort rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, virginia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061295
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