Temperature and light effects on Trichobilharzia szidati cercariae with implications for a risk analysis [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2020 Background Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer’s itch) caused by bird schistosome cercariae, released from intermediate host snails, is a common disorder also at higher latitudes.
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Zoonotic Threats: The (Re)emergence of Cercarial Dermatitis, Its Dynamics, and Impact in Europe [PDF]
PathogensCercarial dermatitis (CD), or “Swimmer’s itch” as it is also known, is a waterborne illness caused by a blood fluke from the family Schistosomatidae.
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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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Use of qPCR-Based Cercariometry to Assess Swimmer's Itch in Recreational Lakes. [PDF]
Ecohealth, 2018 Swimmer’s itch (cercarial dermatitis) is a nuisance encountered by bathers and recreational water users worldwide. The condition is caused by the penetration of larval digenean trematodes (cercariae) of the family Schistosomatidae, into the skin ...
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Parasitology, 2022 Abstract Cercarial dermatitis (‘swimmer's itch’; SI), characterized by small itchy bumps caused by schistosome parasites of birds and mammals, is a common problem in Michigan.
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The Tails of Two Avian Schistosomes: Paired Exposure Study Demonstrates Trichobilharzia stagnicolae Penetrates Human Skin More Readily than a Novel Avian Schistosome from Planorbella [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 A novel schistosome from Planorbella snails currently known as avian schistosomatid sp. C (ASC) was recently described as being capable of causing the papules associated with swimmer’s itch.
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Direct onshore wind predicts daily swimmer's itch (avian schistosome) incidence at a Michigan beach [PDF]
Parasitology, 2020 Swimmer's itch (SI) is a painful rash caused by skin penetration by free-swimming infectious cercariae of avian schistosomes, snail-borne helminth parasites related to the causative agents of human schistosomiasis. The goal of this study was to determine
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Agents of swimmer's itch-dangerous minority in the Digenea invasion of Lymnaeidae in water bodies and the first report of Trichobilharzia regenti in Poland. [PDF]
Parasitol Res, 2018 Trichobilharzia spp. have been identified as a causative agent of swimmers’ itch, a skin disease provoked by contact with these digenean trematodes in water. These parasites have developed a number of strategies to invade vertebrates.
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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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Simplifying Schistosome Surveillance: Using Molecular Cercariometry to Detect and Quantify Cercariae in Water [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Avian schistosomes are considered a public health nuisance due to their ability to cause swimmer’s itch when accidentally encountering humans rather than their intended avian hosts.
Brooke A. McPhail +3 more
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