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Recent Examples on the Web In 70-80% of cases, the CDC also reports that people will experience an erythema migrans (EM) rash—a rash that typically in a bulls-eye shape, feels warm to the touch, and gradually expands over the course of a few days. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "Amy Schumer Just Revealed She Has Lyme Disease in a New Instagram Post," 8 Sep. 2020 That’s especially true if patients don’t have the bullseye rash— known medically as erythema migrans—characteristic of Lyme disease. — Carrie Arnold, Popular Science, "COVID-19 testing problems are all too familiar to Lyme disease patients," 28 June 2020 Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, "Justin Bieber confirms he's battling and 'overcoming' Lyme disease," 8 Jan. 2020 Then, an ecologist doing field studies saved the tick that bit him where an erythema migrans formed. — Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, "Lyme disease: How we discovered it and where we go from here," 22 Aug. 2019 Early in the infection people may experience fever, headache, fatigue, swollen glands or a skin rash called erythema migrans, or a bull’s eye. — Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Ask the expert: With Lyme disease on the rise, here's how you can protect yourself," 3 July 2018 The most notable early symptom is a (non-itchy) rash that resembles a bull's-eye (erythema migrans) and can expand to as large as 12 inches in diameter over the course of several days. — Emma Sarran Webster, Allure, "What You Should Know About the Rise of Insect-Spread Diseases," 3 May 2018

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“Erythema migrans.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erythema%20migrans. Accessed 24 Jan. 2021.