Detection of Amblyomma mixtum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Germany on a Human Traveler Returning From Cuba

Lidia Chitimia-Dobler; Sabine Schaper; Peter Mansfeld; Joachim Gonschorrek; Michael Bröker; Santiago Nava

doi:10.1093/jme/tjz225

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21 November 2019 Detection of Amblyomma mixtum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Germany on a Human Traveler Returning From Cuba

Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sabine Schaper, Peter Mansfeld, Joachim Gonschorrek, Michael Bröker, Santiago Nava

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J. of Medical Entomology, 57(3):962-964 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz225

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The importation of exotic ticks to Germany on infested humans is rarely reported. Here we describe the detection of an Amblyomma mixtum nymph harboring Rickettsia amblyommatis by a tourist returning from a holiday trip to Cuba. Tick infestation may be neglected by tourists. Therefore, careful anamnesis and diagnosis should be carried out when tourists return from tropical and subtropical countries suffering from nonspecific symptoms, such as fever and malaise.

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Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sabine Schaper, Peter Mansfeld, Joachim Gonschorrek, Michael Bröker, and Santiago Nava "Detection of Amblyomma mixtum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Germany on a Human Traveler Returning From Cuba," Journal of Medical Entomology 57(3), 962-964, (21 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz225

Received: 5 July 2019; Accepted: 12 November 2019; Published: 21 November 2019

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