Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders

Erythema migrans is the skin manifestation of Lyme disease and southern tick-associated rash illness. Neither disease is found in the Caribbean. We report 4 cases of erythema migrans of a possible emerging clinical entity, Caribbean erythma migrans–like illness.

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Autores principales: Sharma, Anu, Jaimungal, Sarada, Basdeo-Maharaj, Khamedaye, Rao, A.V. Chalapathi, Teelucksingh, Surujpaul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100587
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author Sharma, Anu
Jaimungal, Sarada
Basdeo-Maharaj, Khamedaye
Rao, A.V. Chalapathi
Teelucksingh, Surujpaul
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spelling pubmed-32943992012-03-08 Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders Sharma, Anu Jaimungal, Sarada Basdeo-Maharaj, Khamedaye Rao, A.V. Chalapathi Teelucksingh, Surujpaul Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Erythema migrans is the skin manifestation of Lyme disease and southern tick-associated rash illness. Neither disease is found in the Caribbean. We report 4 cases of erythema migrans of a possible emerging clinical entity, Caribbean erythma migrans–like illness. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3294399/ /pubmed/20875293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100587 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.
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Sharma, Anu
Jaimungal, Sarada
Basdeo-Maharaj, Khamedaye
Rao, A.V. Chalapathi
Teelucksingh, Surujpaul
Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title_full Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title_fullStr Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title_full_unstemmed Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title_short Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders
title_sort erythema migrans–like illness among caribbean islanders
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1610.100587
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