Investigation of an outbreak of cercarial dermatitis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 379-386

  Levesque B ^a,b   Giovenazzo, P ^c   Guerrier, P ^a   Laverdiere D ^b   Prud'homme, H ^a  

^a Direction Régionale de Santé Publique de Québec ^*  (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERCARIA; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAKE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASHORE; SNAIL; SWIMMING; TOURISM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SNAILS; SWIMMING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036772121     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007379     Document Type: Article

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