African tick bite fever

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African tick bite fever
File:African tick bite fever - leg lesion.jpg
Leg lesion after Rickettsia africae infection
Classification and external resources
Specialty Infectious disease
ICD-10 A77.8
Patient UK African tick bite fever
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African tick bite fever is a bacterial infection transmitted by the Amblyomma, Dermacentor or the Rhipicephalus family of ticks.[1] It is caused by the Rickettsia africae bacterium.[2] The incubation period of the disease is from 5 to 7 days [3] and symptoms include fever, headache and a skin rash. The rash is characterized by scant lesions, often macular and/or vesicular.[4]


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