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Southern tick-associated rash illness
Occupational Disease Southern tick-associated rash illness
Southern tick-associated rash illness Category Infection, Occupational
Southern tick-associated rash illness Severity
Acute-Moderate
Southern tick-associated rash illness Synonyms
STARI
Information on Southern tick-associated rash illness Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
This disease has not yet been completely defined. It resembles Lyme disease with the typical erythema migrans type of rash. However, Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) follows the bite of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) while Lyme disease follows the bite of the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis or Ixodes pacificis). The spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, causes Lyme disease. Tests for Borrelia burgdorferi are negative in patients with STARI. A spirochete has been identified by electron microscopy in patients with STARI, but this organism has not yet been cultured. In case reports of patients with STARI, rash and flu-like symptoms resolved quickly after initiation of doxycycline therapy. [See hyperlink for references]
Southern tick-associated rash illness Latency
6 days
Southern tick-associated rash illness References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/index.htm