Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

The Korea Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (대한기생충학·열대의학회)
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Two human cases of tick bite caused by Ixodes nipponensis

  • Ko, Jung-Hun (Department of Dermathology, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Do-Youn (Department of Dermathology, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chung, Byoung-Soo (Department of Dermathology, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Suk-Il (Department of Parasitology, Chosun UniversityCollege of Medicine)
  • Published : 2002.12.01
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Abstract

We report two human cases of tick bite. A 63-year-old male had a pruritic pea-sized brownish nodule on the left popliteal area. Another 41-year-old male had an asymptomatic bean-sized black nodule in the pubic area. The ticks were identified as Ixodes nipponenis, which are the 18th and the 19th cases in Korea.

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