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- Title
Cercarial dermatitis in the UK.
- Authors
Fraser, S. J.; Allan, S. J. R.; Roworth, M.; Smith, H. V.; Holme, S. A.
- Abstract
‘Swimmer’s itch’ or cercarial dermatitis (CD) results from an immunological reaction to free-swimming non-human schistosome parasites released from aquatic snails. Affected bathers develop a self-limiting, pruritic, macular or papular eruption shortly after leaving the water. The condition is well-recognized in continental Europe, Asia and America, but has not to date been recorded in the UK.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SWIMMER'S itch; SKIN inflammation; PARASITE physiology; SKIN disease diagnosis; ITCHING; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 3, p344
- ISSN
0307-6938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02903.x