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Identification of a major causative agent of human cercarial dermatitis, Trichobilharzia franki (Müller and Kimmig 1994), in southern England and its evolutionary relationships with other European populations

BACKGROUND: Trichobilharzia is the most species rich and widely distributed genus of schistosomes and is known throughout Europe and North America as an agent of human cercarial dermatitis. The disease is caused by an acute allergic reaction in the skin that develops as a consequence of repeated con...

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Autores principales: Lawton, Scott P, Lim, Rivka M, Dukes, Juliet P, Cook, Richard T, Walker, Anthony J, Kirk, Ruth S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-277