Practice-based research network partnership with CDC to acquire clinical specimens to study the etiology of southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI)

MF Vaughn, PD Sloane, K Knierim… - The Journal of the …, 2010 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Erythema migrans (EM) is an annular, erythematous, expanding rash that is
characteristic of early Lyme disease. In the southern United States, however, many cases of …

Hitting the target: Lyme or STARI?

IM Goldstein, MA Black, B Leydet Jr… - The Journal of the …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Erythema migrans (EM) is a characteristic rash most commonly associated with Lyme
disease (LD) in the northeastern and north central United States. EM rash found in the …

Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) in the North: STARI following a tick bite in Long Island, New York

HM Feder Jr, DM Hoss, L Zemel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The most common clinical manifestation of Lyme disease is the characteristic rash, erythema
migrans (EM). In the 1980s EM-like eruptions were reported in Missouri and other …

Southern tick–associated rash illness: Further considerations

ME Herman-Giddens - Clinical infectious diseases, 2012 - academic.oup.com
TO THE E DITOR—Southern tick–associated rash illness (STARI) continues to be an
enigma despite years of research. While findings on STARI in the northern United States in …

[PDF][PDF] Southern tick-associated rash illness: Florida's Lyme disease variant

R Abdelmaseih, B Ashraf, R Abdelmasih, S Dunn… - Cureus, 2021 - cureus.com
Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is an emerging zoonotic disease causing an
annular rash with central clearing that is almost identical to erythema migrans seen in Lyme …

Serologic Evaluation of Patients from Missouri with Erythema Migrans-Like Skin Lesions with the C6 Lyme Test

MT Philipp, E Masters, GP Wormser… - Clinical and vaccine …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), also known as Masters disease, affects
people predominantly in the Southeast and South Central United States. These patients …

Not all erythema migrans lesions are Lyme disease

J Goddard - The American journal of medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Lyme disease is the number one arthropod-transmitted disease in the US, and
one of the diagnostic criteria for the illness is development of an erythematous bull's-eye …

STARI, or Masters disease: Lone Star tick–vectored Lyme-like illness

EJ Masters, CN Grigery, RW Masters - Infectious disease clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier
Lyme-like illness (also known as southern tick–associated rash illness [STARI] or Masters
disease) is vectored by the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Lyme-like illness …

First Culture Isolation of Borrelia lonestari, Putative Agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness

AS Varela, MP Luttrell, EW Howerth… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is a Lyme disease-like infection described in
patients in the southeastern and south-central United States, where classic Lyme disease is …

Erythema Migrans—like Rash Illness at a Camp in North Carolina: A New Tick-Borne Disease?

KB Kirkland, TB Klimko, RA Meriwether… - Archives of internal …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, has never been
isolated from a patient thought to have acquired Lyme disease in any southeastern state …