Tick-borne lymphadenopathy-like condition in an African woman in Kenya
A 30-year-old African woman in Kenya succumbed to severe swollen regional lymph nodes, development of painful boils and ulcer formation and rashes at specific tick-biting sites together with an intermittent fever and headache following repeated tick bites of Rhipicephalus pulchellus. She later devel...
Main Authors: | Wycliffe Wanzala, Sopher Natuluku Ondiaka |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Research in Medical Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2013;volume=18;issue=10;spage=918;epage=921;aulast=Wanzala |
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