Tinea pedis outbreak in swimming pools in Japan

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-253

  Kamihama, T ^a   Kimura, T ^a   Hosokawa, J I ^a   Ueji, M ^a   Takase, T ^a   Tagami, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athlete; Epidermophyton floccosum; Interdigital tinea pedis; Swimming pool; Trichophyton mentagrophytes; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING POOL; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

EID: 0030769563     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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