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The Evolution of a Tick Bite Lesion

Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) use their mouthparts to cut through the epidermis and insert a barbed hypostome, leading to deep inflammation of local tissues. Herein, we describe cutaneous lesion development resulting from a tick bite at seven time points over a 30-day period. This case highlights the...

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Autores principales: Goddard, Jerome, Wyatt, Julie P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9630052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348875
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29865