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Accession information: Vol. 6; Issue 2; 19 January 2004
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Photographs showing erythema migrans
Paul G. Auwaerter, John Aucott and J. Stephen Dumler
Figure 4. Photographs showing erythema migrans. (a) This photograph shows a classical erythema migrans lesion following a tick bite on the side of the torso, and is characterised by a bright-red border surrounding a central target lesion, with a partial clearing of the redness of the skin between the border and lesion. (b) This photograph shows a lesion on the arm that is more homogeneous in appearance. The features of these lesions are attributable predominantly to the host inflammatory and early immune response as the spirochaetes spread radially in the dermis from the site of the tick bite.
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