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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Histologic analysis of a skin biopsy specimen of a 28-year-old patient with erythema migrans, showing characteristics of erythema migrans. The epidermis shows parakeratosis, microvesicle formation, lichenoid interface, dermal edema, and perivascular chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates. Original magnification ×20 (A) and ×40 (B).

Figure 2. Histologic analysis of a skin biopsy specimen of a 28-year-old patient with erythema migrans, showing characteristics of erythema migrans. The epidermis shows parakeratosis, microvesicle formation, lichenoid interface, dermal edema, and perivascular chronic inflammatory cell infiltrates. Original magnification ×20 (A) and ×40 (B).

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