Tick bite and early Lyme borreliosis.

Christopher J A Duncan, research fellow12, George Carle, general practitioner3, R Andrew Seaton, consultant in infectious diseases and general (internal) medicine1

Author Affiliations

1Brownlee Centre for Infection, Tropical Medicine and Counselling, Gartnaval Hospital, Glasgow G12 0YN, UK

2Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK

3Kyles Medical Centre, Tighnabruaich, Argyll PA21 2BE, UK

Correspondence to: C J A Duncan chrisduncan@doctors.net.uk

Accepted 6 February 2012

A 48 year old man removed two ticks attached to his leg while walking in the Scottish Highlands. A week later he develops a rash and consults you worried about Lyme disease.

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