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Swimmer’s itch in Canada: a look at the past and a survey of the present to plan for the future

BACKGROUND: Cercarial dermatitis, colloquially “swimmer’s itch”, is a rash contracted in natural bodies of water, when people are exposed to skin-penetrating, larval flatworm parasites of the family Schistosomatidae, that emerge from aquatic snails. Swimmer’s itch is a globally-distributed, allergic...

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Autores principales: Gordy, Michelle A, Cobb, Tyler P, Hanington, Patrick C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30359259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-018-0417-7