1. New England souvenirs.
- Author
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van Vugt M, Wetsteyn JC, Haverkort M, Kolader M, Verhaar N, Spanjaard L, Grobusch MP, Bart A, and van Gool T
- Subjects
- Animals, Babesiosis complications, Babesiosis microbiology, Bites and Stings complications, Bites and Stings microbiology, Female, Humans, Indonesia ethnology, Lyme Disease complications, Lyme Disease microbiology, Middle Aged, New England epidemiology, Babesiosis ethnology, Bites and Stings enzymology, Borrelia burgdorferi isolation & purification, Ixodes microbiology, Lyme Disease ethnology
- Abstract
A 54-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of fever after a trip to the Northeastern United States. Except for an erythematous skin lesion on her right shoulder, no physical abnormality was detected. We diagnosed concomitant borreliosis and babesiosis. Both infections were possibly acquired by one bite from Ixodes scapularis., (© 2011 International Society of Travel Medicine.)
- Published
- 2011
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