Rickettsia parkeriInfection after Tick Bite, Virginia
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.061295