A presentation of an eschar on a person’s back due to tick bite. This suggest that this may be the initial site of contact.<unk>  is a tick-borne disease. Onset of the illness is variable; there is an incubation period of 2 to 14 days after being bitten by the infected tick. The clinical features of this illness include fever, headache, an eschar at the site of the tick bite, erythematous eruption and satellite lymphadenopathy.<unk>  symptomatically resembles Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a less severe tick-borne disease. If left untreated for longer than one to two weeks, the disease can take longer to recover from and pose a heightened risk of pneumonitis, encephalitis, septic shock, or even death. In some cases, even after the initial rash is cleared, the person may still experience prolonged lethargy or fatigue, which is common in such rickettsial infections.
Queensland tick typhus
Flying squirrel typhus
North Asian tick typhus
African tick bite fever
American tick bite fever
Scrub typhus
Murine typhus
Epidemic typhus