A Case of Tick Bite in Okinawa.

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  • UEZATO Hiroshi
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • TAKEI Kimiko
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • KHASKHELY Noor Mohammad
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • TAIRA Kiyohito
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • GUSHI Makiko
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • NONAKA Shigeo
    Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus
  • KAYO Susumu
    Department of Research Laboratory Center, University of Ryukyus
  • NAKASONE Tamio
    Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment Medical Zoology Section
  • HAMABATA Hirotsune
    Division of Pediatrics, Awase Dai-ichi Hospital

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  • マダニ刺症の１例

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Abstract

We report the findings of a six-year-old boy who was bitten by a tick Ixodes ovatus in Okinawa, Japan. He went on an excursion into a mountainous area of Okinawa on August 12, 2001. One week later, his family noticed an egg-shaped tick on the right temporal portion of his head. But he had no subjective symptoms. We diagnosed a tick bite, and this tick was excised under local anesthesia. By light and electron microscopic examinations, this tick was identified to be Ixodes ovatus. Five cases of such a tick bite have been reported in Okinawa. These cases contained four Amblyomma testudinarium cases and one Rhipicephalus sanguineus case. The present report is the first case of a tick Ixodes ovatus in Okinawa Prefecture.

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  • Nishi Nihon Hifuka

    Nishi Nihon Hifuka 64 (6), 726-731, 2002

    Western Division of Japanese Dermatological Association

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