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Cercarial dermatitis in the UK
Author(s) -
Fraser S. J.,
Allan S. J. R.,
Roworth M.,
Smith H. V.,
Holme S. A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02903.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , medicine
Summary ‘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.