Human Infestation by Amblyomma testudinarium (Acari : Ixodidae) in Malay Peninsula, Malaysia

• YAMAUCHI Takeo

  Toyama Institute of Health

• TAKANO Ai

  Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

• MARUYAMA Munetoshi

  The Kyushu University Museum

• KAWABATA Hiroki

  Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• Human Infestation by <I>Amblyomma testudinarium</I> (Acari: Ixodidae) in Malay Peninsula, Malaysia

抄録

A Japanese male repeatedly infested with Amblyomma testudinarium in Malaysia was reported. He visited to Ulu Gombak, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia on April and May 2007, and he recalled three times of tick bite during traveling. The first tick bite was by one nymph infested on the inner side of the brachium of the patient. After a few days, erythema with a diameter of 2 cm was found at the site of tick attachment. Pain of the site remained for 20 days. The second tick bite was by larvae infested on the skin surface of the abdomen, basal portion of the thigh, and scrotum of the patient. He felt a pain at the moment of tick infestation. The pain remained for 15 days. The third tick bite was by a larva, and the tick was found in the phyma of his back immediately after his return Japan.

収録刊行物

• 日本ダニ学会誌

  日本ダニ学会誌 21 (2), 143-148, 2012

  日本ダニ学会

キーワード

• hard tick
• <I>Amblyomma testudinarium</I>
• tick bite
• molecular identification
• imported case
• Malaysia

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282679750484096
• NII論文ID: 10031125849
• NII書誌ID: AA11330975
• DOI: 10.2300/acari.21.143
• ISSN: 18802273
• ISSN: 09181067
• NDL書誌ID: 024121072
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I024121072
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2013215594
• 本文言語コード: en
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