Invaders as Diluents of the Cercarial Dermatitis Etiological Agent [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Research on alien and invasive species focuses on the direct effects of invasion on native ecosystems, and the possible positive effects of their presence are most often overlooked.
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Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2008 AbstractCercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is an acute cutaneous inflammatory response caused by the penetration of cercaria of nonhuman schistosomes. It frequently presents with itchy erythematous papules, which cover the water-exposed areas within 24 hours.
Wang, Chao-Hwei, Chang, Chung-Hsing
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Mammalian and Avian Larval Schistosomatids in Bangladesh: Molecular Characterization, Epidemiology, Molluscan Vectors, and Occurrence of Human Cercarial Dermatitis [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Shahadat Hossai̇n +2 more
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Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) in the UK: an overlooked and under-reported nuisance? [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD) is a clinical disease typically caused by skin-penetrative larvae of avian schistosomes. Its geographical epidemiology is firmly tied with that of infected freshwater intermediate snail hosts.
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Cercarial dermatitis in India [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000 M.C. Agrawal, S. Gupta, J. George
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A study on cercarial dermatitis in Khuzestan province, south western Iran [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2003 Background Cercarial dermatitis' or swimmer's itch' is an itchy inflammatory response to the penetration of the skin by non-human schistosome parasites.
Essalat Mostafa, Farahnak Ali
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the causative agent of the human cercarial dermatitis, the visceral bird schistosome species Trichobilharzia szidati (platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 We report the first complete mitochondrial genome of visceral bird schistosome Trichobilharzia szidati (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda: Schistosomatidae). The circular genome is 14293 bp in length and contains 12 protein-coding genes, 12S and 16S rRNAs genes,
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Cercarial Dermatitis in Norway - An Emerging Zoonotic Disease. [PDF]
Acta ParasitolOBJECTIVE: Cercarial dermatitis, often called swimmer’s itch, is a non-communicable skin condition caused by bird schistosomes. The host response is characterized by an early type I hypersensitivity reaction and a late phase of cutaneous inflammation, often leading to severe itching.
Soleng A, Gundersen T, Lindstedt H.
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Occurrence of a Snail Borne Disease, Cercarial Dermatitis (Swimmer Itch) in Doon Valley (Uttarakhand), India. [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2014 'Cercarial dermatitis' also known as swimmers itch (Skin allergies) is caused by a trematode parasite, Schistosoma which has two hosts - an invertebrate (snail) and a vertebrate (livestock, human being).
Rakesh Kumar Jauhari +1 more
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Threat of cercarial dermatitis in Hungary: A first report of Trichobilharzia franki from the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and European ear snail (Radix auricularia) using molecular methods [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Cercarial dermatitis in humans is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by infectious larvae of avian blood flukes within the Schistosomatidae family. Upon water contact, these avian schistosome larvae directly penetrate human skin and cause irritation ...
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