| Title | Cercarial dermatitis in the UK. | | Author(s) | Fraser SJ, Allan SJ, Roworth M, Smith HV, Holme SA | | Institution | Department of Dermatology, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, UK. | | Source | Clin Exp Dermatol 2008 Aug 9. | | 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. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 18699837 |
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