Description of Eschar-Associated Rickettsial Diseases Using Passive Surveillance Data --- United States, 2010--2016
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Rickettsial eschars are necrotic lesions that occur at the site of tick or mite bites and represent locations of primary inoculation of spotted fever group Rickettsia and Orientia species.