Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Erythema Migrans–like Illness among Caribbean Islanders

Anu Sharma

, Sarada Jaimungal, Khamedaye Basdeo-Maharaj, A.V. Chalapathi Rao, and Surujpaul Teelucksingh

Author affiliations: Author affiliation: University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

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Erythema migrans–like rash on the left leg of a 28-year-old patient. A) Characteristic rash of erythema migrans (annular macular lesion that is erythematous with central clearing). B) Spread of the lesions to the rest of the leg.

Figure 1. Erythema migrans–like rash on the left leg of a 28-year-old patient. A) Characteristic rash of erythema migrans (annular macular lesion that is erythematous with central clearing). B) Spread of the lesions to the rest of the leg.

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