title: [A woman with a biting arthropod].
abstract: A 36-year-old woman presented with a red, itching bump on her back and brought the arthropod that had bitten her. The diagnosis, a bite of a soft tick, was made by determination of the arthropod as a pigeon tick (Argas reflexus). Pigeon ticks only occasionally bite humans and can transmit multiple infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Havenziekenhuis, Afd. Medische Microbiologie en Infectieziekten, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. j.vanhellemond@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Jaap J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Hellemond
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van Beek-Nieuwland
authors.forename: Perry J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: van Genderen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D026862:Argasidae; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans