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Tick Typhus
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Rickettsia canarii
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bite of the dog tick
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after 6 days, the primary lesion at the site of the bite = the
tache noire
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presents with fever, headache, chills, myalgia
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in a few days - maculopapular rash
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histology = a lymphocytic vasculitis