Southern tick-associated rash illness causes

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Overview

The cause of STARI is unknown. Studies have shown that is not caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Another spirochete, Borrelia lonestari, was detected in the skin of one patient and the lone star tick that bit him. However, subsequent study of over two dozen STARI patients has found no evidence of B. lonestari infection.

STARI is specifically associated with bites of Amblyomma americanum, known commonly as the lone star tick.