Clinical Findings Associated with Ornithodoros brasiliensis Tick Parasitism in Travelers, Southern Brazil.

Authors :: Dall'Agnol B
Schott D
Padilha T
Antunes P
Souza UA
Webster A
Souza GD
Ferreira CAS
Reck J
Source :: Wilderness & environmental medicine [Wilderness Environ Med] 2019 Dec; Vol. 30 (4), pp. 437-440. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 02.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: We report a series of clinical cases associated with parasitism by the Ornithodoros brasiliensis tick in a group of travelers in the Caxias do Sul municipality, Southern Brazil. These cases draw attention to underdiagnosed noninfectious syndromes caused by ticks with restricted local distributions.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 Marketing EDGE.org. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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