Borrelia burgdorferi Infection and Cutaneous Lyme Disease, Mexico

Borrelia burgdorferi Infection and Cutaneous Lyme Disease, Mexico

Four patients who had received tick bites while visiting forests in Mexico had skin lesions that met the case definition of erythema migrans, or borrelial lymphocytoma. Clinical diagnosis was supported with histologic, serologic, and molecular tests. This study suggests the Borrelia burgdorferi infe...

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Main Authors: Guadalupe Gordillo-Pérez, Javier Torres, Fortino Solórzano-Santos, Sylvie de Martino, Dan Lipsker, Edmundo Velázquez, Guillermo Ramon, Muñoz Onofre, Benoit Jaulhac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Lyme borreliosis
lymphocytoma
erythema migrans
Borrelia burgdorferi
dispatch
Mexico
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/10/06-0630_article

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