Dog tick (Rhipecephalus) causing Lyme disease in an adult human

Abstract

Lyme disease is a tick-borne multisystem disorder transmitted by the family of Ixodes and caused by a spirochete, Borrelia. An early manifestation of the disease presents with skin lesions typically called Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM). Doxycycline should be the antibiotic of choice used for its treatment. However, we present the case of Lyme's disease in an adult male with dog tick, Rhipecephalus as a vector.

Keywords

• borrelia
• dog tick
• lyme disease
• rhipicephalus
• tick-borne disease