Bulletin of Shimane Medical University

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Bulletin of Shimane Medical University 13
1990-12-01 発行

学校で飼育していた野兎から感染したと考えられるキチマダニ刺咬症の一例

A Case of Infection with the Hard Tick, Haemaphysalis flava (Acarina: Ixodidae), Infested in a Hare Kept in a School
Abe, Kenji
Isobe, Akio
Okamoto, Tsutao
Yamane, Yosuke
Shiraishi, Morio
Ono, Ryuji
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A case of human infection with the Ixodid tick was reported. A patient, a 5-year-old girl, complained a wart-like tumor on her left temporal region with slight pain and was enrolled to Department of Surgery of Chiyoda Chuo Hospital, Hiroshima Prefecture. The wart-like tumor was resected and was send to our Department to differentiate the species. It was identified as an adult female of Haemaphysalis flara. Recent trend of tick bite was discussed from the clinical and the ecological point of view.