Human toxicosis caused by the tick Ixodes redikorzevi in Israel.
The clinical symptoms of a tick toxicosis caused by Ixodes redikorzevi in northern Israel are described. The patient was a nine-year-old Arab boy from an agricultural village who was admitted to a local hospital and had been suffering for 4 days from fever and torticollis. A partially engorged female tick was removed from the nuchal area of the scalp, and the symptoms disappeared within 2 hours. Morphometrical measurements indicated that the tick was attached to the skin for 3-4 days.
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Infectious Diseases Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D018884:Ixodes; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology*