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. 2003 Jul-Aug;97(4):412-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90072-1.

Case reports: intra-aural tick infestations in humans in Sri Lanka

Bandu D P Edussuriya  1 , D J Weilgama
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Case reports: intra-aural tick infestations in humans in Sri Lanka

Bandu D P Edussuriya et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Intra-aural tick infestation was detected in 29 patients presenting with acute ear pain in the central province of Sri Lanka during June 1999 to January 2002. The ages ranged from 9 months to 67 years. All showed oedematous aural canals and enlarged adjacent lymph nodes. Of 30 ticks removed, 29 were nymphs of Dermacentor auratus and 1 and male Hyalomma marginatum isaaci.

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