[Cutaneous lesions, viral risk and marine bird ticks, a world wide problem; apropos of 1 case with pseudo-zoster lesions].

Dermatological injuries provoked by tick bites deserve more attention. The authors present the clinical observation of a young woman bitten in Brittany by the marine bird associated tick Ornithodoros (A.) maritimus and presenting pseudo-zoster skin lesions. Two other individuals working together with the patient and also bitten by this tick showed symptoms of prurigo, fever and vomiting. Marine bird associated ticks bites may also be responsible for the inoculation of a number of arboviruses along all the coasts of the world including those of islands of Indian Ocean. Pathogenesis of the skin lesions is discussed according to the authors' histo-pathological findings.