Directory of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness Resources

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A newly described illness of the southern United States, closely related to Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia lonestari. It is associated with the bite of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum.

Resources in This Category

• Borrelia lonestari DNA in Adult Amblyomma americanum Ticks, Alabama

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/3/01-7323.htm
  Article from the Centers for Disease Control.

• Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)

  http://www.cdc.gov/stari/
  Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on this recently discovered disease, which is similar to Lyme disease.

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