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PET ANIMAL INFESTATIONS AND HUMAN SKIN LESIONS
Author(s) -
HEWITT MARK,
WALTON GRAHAME S.,
WATERHOUSE MARGARET
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb07219.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , cornish , medicine , human disease , human skin , skin lesion , population , pathology , disease , environmental health , biology , geography , archaeology , genetics
SUMMARY.— A preliminary survey carried out in a Cornish rural population has revealed that animal ectoparasites are a common cause of human skin disease. The results of this investigation are described and their relative importance in human dermatology discussed.