Tick bite-Erythema migrans

J Gen Fam Med. 2018 Jan 18;19(2):59-60. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.152. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Abstract

This manuscript describes the typical presentation of erythema migrans caused by tick bite. The purposes of this article are (i) to encourage physicians to observe patients with tick bite carefully since it may cause fatal encephalitis, and (ii) to facilitate physicians, especially in endemic areas, to consider tick-borne encephalitis virus as one of the causes of encephalitis.

Keywords: : erythema migrans; Ixodes ovatus; tick bite.