A RARE CASE OF IXODID LOCALIZATION IN A HUMAN,

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Abstract:

Gynecological examination of a female patient revealed an attached tick on the internal surface of the left labia minora. The hypostome had penetrated deeply into the labial tissue, and the tick was engorged. It was with great difficulty that it was extracted with tweezers. The tick proved to be Hyalomma plumbeum Panzer. The case history revealed that the patient sheared sheep, and it is probably then that the tick attached to her. Author

Author(s):
Scherbinin, I. V. ; Shcherbinina, G. S.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 3 CAIRO (EGYPT) DEPT OF MEDICAL ZOOLOGY
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of Meditsinskaya Parazitologiya i Parazitarnye Bolezni (USSR) v26 p61 1957.
Annotation:
A rare case of ixodid localization in a human--Translation.
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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NAMRU-3-Trans-248
Monitor Series:
Trans-248
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*PARASITIC DISEASES, HUMANS), DIAGNOSIS(MEDICINE), TICKS, USSR
Field(s)/Group(s):
Medicine and Medical Research
Keyword(s):
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Report Date:
1968 Jan 01